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Air Fryer Chicken Gyro Recipe
The best chicken gyro recipe ever. Using the rotisserie feature of your air fryer oven, boneless chicken thighs are marinated with Greek yoghurt, lemon, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and oregano then rotated until perfectly cooked.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 627 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
- 1 Kg chicken thighs Boneless Skinless
- pitta bread
- 1 large tomato diced
- 1 medium cucumber diced
- shredded lettuce optional
Greek Gyro Marinade
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp Thick Greek Yoghurt
- 2 Tsp oregano
- salt & pepper
Tzatziki Sauce
- 1 small lemon juice only
- 1 Tsp Garlic puree
- 3 Tbsp Greek yoghurt
Kitchen Gadgets
- Tower Air Fryer Oven
- Ziploc Bag
Instructions
- Place your marinade ingredients into a Ziploc bag with your chicken thighs and give them a good mix. Load the Ziploc into a bowl and then place in the fridge overnight.
- The next day remove the bowl from the fridge and get rid of the Ziploc bag. Using the attachment for the rotisserie load the chicken onto it and then push it down to fit in as much as you can.
- Then secure the rotisserie into place and air fry for 30 minutes at 180c/360f, followed by a further 30 minutes at 160c/320f.
- Whilst the air fryer is rotating make your tzatziki sauce by mixing some of the cucumber you have diced with the rest of the tzatziki sauce ingredients. Then test and if too garlicky balance it out with a little more lemon juice and Greek yoghurt.
- Also load the rest of the cucumber into a bowl, another with tomato and then get out anything else you plan to serve with it.
- When the chicken thigh gyros are cooked allow to cool for about 5 minutes.
- Then remove from the rotisserie and it will be like a big log of chicken pieces and then slice them lengthways into chunks that resemble chicken kebabs you have purchased.
- Once fully sliced you will have a big collection of gyro chicken meat that you can then make a gyro bowl with or load into pitta breads with your cucumber, tomato, and sauce.
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Notes
- Swaps. You can swap the balsamic, lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil for the same quantity in Greek olive oil dressing.
- Air Fryers. Note that we used our Tower air fryer oven because it has a rotisserie feature.
- Thanks for reading our chicken gyros in air fryer recipe on Recipe This. We have many more air fryer recipes for you to check out next. Though if you would like to convert more recipes to the air fryer, do check out our air fryer sheet pan dinners.
Nutrition Information
Calories
627kcal
(31%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
44g
(88%)
Fat
46g
(71%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
9g
Monounsaturated Fat
20g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
246mg
(82%)
Sodium
206mg
(9%)
Potassium
760mg
(22%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
540IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
23mg
(26%)
Calcium
86mg
(9%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 627
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 627kcal | 31% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 44g | 88% |
| Fat | 46g | 71% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 9g | 53% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 20g | 100% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 246mg | 82% |
| Sodium | 206mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 760mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 540IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 23mg | 26% |
| Calcium | 86mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.