Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Chicken Gyros

Chicken Gyros
Chicken Gyros

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken gyros. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Gyros is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chicken Gyros is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

In another large bowl or gallon plastic bag, combine chicken thighs and marinade, stirring well to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour and up to one day. Greek Chicken Marinade/ Gyro Chicken Marinade. The thing that starts it all for these chicken gyros is the marinade.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken gyros using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Gyros:
  1. Prepare 15 x chicken thighs
  2. Make ready 445 g x natural yoghurt
  3. Take 1 x lemon
  4. Take 2 x tbsp olive oil
  5. Get 1 x handful fresh parsley and mint
  6. Prepare 1 x tsp dried oregano
  7. Get 4 x cloves garlic
  8. Take 2 x tsp paprikia
  9. Make ready 2 x tsp cumin
  10. Get 2 x tsp chilli powder
  11. Get 2 x tsp ground coriander
  12. Take 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  13. Prepare 1 x tbsp salt

Some folks like lettuce and diced tomato on top. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gyros are mainly made using beef, chicken or pork, and are topped with fresh vibrant tomatoes and onion, a sprinkle of french fries, a generous dollop of tzatziki, all wrapped in a soft pita bread. Drain the chicken from the marinade, discarding the marinade. How to Make Chicken Gyros First, you'll want to make the chicken marinade by whisking together the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano. Next, prepare the cucumber tomato salad by chopping and combining all of the ingredients in a bowl.

Instructions to make Chicken Gyros:
  1. For the marinade combine yoghurt, spices, salt and herbs in a bowl
  2. Still for the marinade add crushed garlic, oregano and lemon juice
  3. To finish the marinade add olive oil and a few twists of black pepper, now make sure your chicken thighs have no skin bone or gristle attacked before mixing well with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours.
  4. To prepare the onion base cut a large onion in half and place either 2 skewers either side of the centre or 1 directly in the centre into the flat side, turn over and push the skewers through so that the flat side of the onion is now the base with skewers pointy ends upwards.
  5. Build the skewer by slotting chicken thighs down the spikes to the base, if using 1 central skewer rotate each thigh by 90 degrees so that the weight is distributed evenly. Place in the oven on it's highest setting for about 1 hour, the idea is that it should stand upright, however I have done this twice now once with 2 skewers and once with 1 and both times the gyros fell over and made a total mess of my oven to you can lay it on it's side and turn it a few times
  6. Probe the centre to make sure it reaches 72c 161f and let it rest for 15 - 20 minutes before carving. I served mine with pita bread, coleslaw, garlic mayo and chilli sauce… bloomin lovely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi0jUxUe7gc

How to Make Chicken Gyros First, you'll want to make the chicken marinade by whisking together the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano. Next, prepare the cucumber tomato salad by chopping and combining all of the ingredients in a bowl. To make tzatziki sauce, stir together yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, dill, and garlic. Stir in grated cucumber and taste for seasonings. Lean chicken breast is flavored with classic gyro seasonings and tucked into a whole-wheat pita with veggies and a cool tzatziki sauce.

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