How to make gyros with chicken and yogurt sauce

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26

Gyros is a Greek alternative to the more popular shawarma. It is easy to prepare it at home, armed with a selection of products from the nearest supermarket.

Ingredients

For meat:

• 500 g chicken thighs / drumsticks (without skin and bones);
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried mint
• 1 teaspoon paprika.

For the sauce:

• 120 g sour cream or yogurt;
• 1 small cucumber;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 1 tablespoon chopped dill
• salt and pepper to taste.

You will also need 3-4 wheat cakes, fresh tomatoes, and arugula for serving.

Classic gyros is often made from pork, but it is much cheaper and faster to use chicken. Remove the skin from the chicken thighs and add oil, lemon juice, chopped garlic and other spices: oregano, mint, paprika to them. Don't forget a generous pinch of salt.

Leave the meat to marinate in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.

For gyros, you can safely use a purchased pita or make cakes yourself using our recipe.

After rolling out and frying the dough in a dry skillet, cover the cakes with a towel or plastic wrap until use.

Take chicken. Heat a skillet with oil and fry the meat for about 2-3 minutes on each side until cooked through. Leave to rest for about 5-7 minutes before slicing.

The traditional addition to gyros is the tzatziki yoghurt sauce, which is prepared with the addition of cucumber and garlic. We decided to deviate a bit from the classic recipe by adding chopped dill.

Place a portion of the sauce on a flatbread, spread the arugula and tomato slices on top. Then lay out the sliced chicken and roll into a roll.

It is better to eat gyros right away so that the cake does not get wet from the abundance of sauce.