Chicken Gyros

Dinner

Chicken Gyros

430kcal
38gprotein
15 minprep
12 mincook
2servings
Easy

Marinated chicken strips in warm pitta with tzatziki, tomato, and red onion. A Greek street food classic made healthy at home.

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Ingredients

  • 400g chicken breast, sliced into strips
  • 4 small pitta breads
  • 200g Greek yogurt
  • ½ cucumber, grated and squeezed
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tomatoes, sliced
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced
  • Fresh mint
  • For marinade: 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1 tsp smoked paprika, juice of 1 lemon

Method

  1. 1

    Mix marinade ingredients. Toss chicken in marinade for at least 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Make tzatziki: mix yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and mint. Season.

  3. 3

    Heat a griddle pan over high heat. Cook chicken 5–6 minutes until golden.

  4. 4

    Warm pitta breads.

  5. 5

    Fill each pitta with chicken, tzatziki, tomato, and red onion.

Tip: Greek yogurt tzatziki provides probiotics and is far lower in calories than mayonnaise-based sauces.

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