Chicken Gyros
Crispy-edged spiced chicken, tzatziki and tomato and onion in pita.
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Restaurant gyros use a vertical rotisserie. At home, overlapping the chicken on a sheet pan and broiling for 2 min at the end gets you 90% of the way - crispy edges, juicy middle, no special equipment.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 2 lbboneless skinless chicken thighs
- ⅓ cupolive oil
- 2lemon1 juiced, 1 wedged
- 6garlic clovesminced (4 for marinade, 2 for tzatziki)
- 1½ tbspdried oregano
- 1 tspground cumin
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1 cupwhole-milk greek yogurtfull-fat
- ½english cucumbergrated
- 2 tbspfresh dillchopped
- 4pita bread
- 2 mediumtomatothinly sliced
- ½red onionthinly sliced
- 1½ tspkosher salt
- ½ tspfreshly ground black pepper
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 740calories
- 52gprotein
- 38gcarbs
- 42gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Mince 6 garlic cloves (4 marinade, 2 tzatziki). Juice 1 lemon, wedge the other.
- Grate cucumber, squeeze dry HARD in a clean towel.
- Chop dill. Slice tomato and red onion.
Marinate
Whisk 1/4 cup olive oil, lemon juice, 4 minced garlic cloves, oregano, cumin, smoked paprika, 1 tsp salt, pepper. Add chicken thighs whole (don't cube - we want big slices later). Marinate 30 min minimum, up to overnight.
30 min · hands offRoast
Preheat oven to 425F. Lay marinated chicken thighs flat on a sheet pan, slightly overlapping (stacked-style mimics gyros vertical spit). Roast 25-30 min until cooked through (165F) with browned edges. Broil 2 min at the end for extra char if you want.
27 min · hands offTzatziki
While chicken roasts: mix squeezed-dry grated cucumber with Greek yogurt, 2 minced garlic cloves, dill, olive oil, salt. Refrigerate.
4 min · hands onSlice
Rest chicken 5 min. Slice across the grain into 1/4-inch strips - like cutting from a gyros spit. The crispy roasted edges should be visible.
3 min · hands onBuild
Warm pita 30 sec per side in a dry skillet or 10 sec in the microwave. Spread tzatziki down the center, layer sliced chicken, tomato, red onion. Squeeze lemon over the top. Wrap tight in foil for the full street-food feel.
4 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Mix marinade spices into 1.5 lb ground lamb; shape into small patties or logs; roast 20 min.
Skip pita; serve over rice or chopped lettuce as a bowl.
Use 1 cup unsweetened coconut yogurt.
Or skip the bread and serve as a bowl over rice.
What keeps
Cook chicken and make tzatziki ahead - 3 days fridge. Reheat sliced chicken in a hot skillet 2 min to re-crisp edges.
Assemble in pita day-of.
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