Greek Chicken Gyros With Tzatziki

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Greek Chicken Gyros With Tzatziki

Greek-style quick and easy chicken gyros are perfect for busy nights with herb encrusted and pan seared chicken, fresh cucumber salad, and tzatziki sauce all wrapped up inside soft pita bread. This chicken gyros recipe is a guaranteed pleaser for your whole family!

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Ingredients

Servings

for the chicken

  • 2 chicken breasts butterflied and pounded thin
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 4 tbsp olive oil divided

for the tzatziki

  • 1 cup Greek yogurt
  • 2 dill pickle slices finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

for the cucumber salad

  • 1 English cucumber finely chopped
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • ½ red onion finely diced
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley leaves finely chopped, optional
  • salt and pepper to taste

to serve

  • 4-6 4 to 6 pita breads or flat breads warmed
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Instructions

Pan-sear the herb crusted chicken

  1. Butterfly and pound thin 2 chicken breasts. On both sides of the chicken liberally coat with salt, pepper and spices. Drizzle over olive oil and brush to mix with the seasonings on both sides.
  2. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a skillet pan over medium high heat.
  3. Cook the chicken for 3 to 4 minutes on each side, until golden brown and cooked through (cooking time depends on size of chicken).
  4. Remove the chicken onto a plate. Cover loosely with foil and allow to rest for 5 minutes before cutting into bite size pieces and serving.

Make the tzatziki sauce

  1. Cut the dill pickle slices into finely chopped pieces.
  2. Placed finely chopped dill pickles into a bowl. Add remaining ingredients then mix to combine. Set aside for at least 10 minutes for the flavors to blend.

cucumber salad

  1. Combine all cucumber salad ingredients in a bowl.

Assemble gyros

  1. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces, if preferred.
  2. Warm pita or flatbread and place it on a piece of parchment paper. Place some salad down the middle of the bread, then top with chicken and tzatziki.
  3. Roll the wrap up, enclosing it with the parchment paper. Twist the end with the excess parchment paper to secure it and cut if desired.
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