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Authentic Greek Chicken Gyros Recipe with Tzatziki Sauce

Authentic Greek Chicken Gyros Recipe with Tzatziki Sauce

This Authentic Greek chicken gyros recipe beats any gyros joints flavors with its extremely tender, juicy chicken strips & delicious marinade, served with Tzatziki sauce.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Marinating Time 2 hours
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Greek
Servings 5 people
Calories 570 kcal

Equipment

  • oven
  • meat mallet
  • Mortar & pestle
  • Bamboo skewer
  • Cookie tray

Ingredients
  

Chicken

  • 1.32 pounds Boneless Chicken Thighs or 600 gms
  • ½ large Onion for vertical rotisserie

Chicken Gyro Marinade

  • 2 tablespoon Finely Chopped Garlic
  • 2 tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 1 teaspoon Black Peppercorns black
  • ¾ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 tablespoon Paprika
  • 2.5 tablespoon Dried Rosemary
  • 2.5 tablespoon Whole Coriander Seeds
  • 2.5 tablespoon Red Chili Flakes
  • Coarse sea salt to taste

Vertical home-made rotisserie

  • 1 piece Bamboo Skewer

Instructions
 

Meat Tenderizing and Marinating

  • Pound each chicken thigh with a meat mallet until ½" or 1 cm thick.
  • In a mortar, grind paprika, coriander seeds, peppercorns, dried rosemary, red chili flakes & sea salt into a semi-coarse powder.
  • Add chopped garlic to the spice blend and mix.
  • Mix extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice into the spice mixture to form a marinade.
  • Coat the tenderized chicken thighs with the marinade thoroughly.
  • Cover and refrigerate the chicken in the marinade for at least 2 hours, or preferably overnight.

Assembling the Rotisserie

  • Stick a bamboo skewer in half an onion to form a vertical pole for the rotisserie.
  • Skewer each marinated chicken thigh onto the skewer, stacking them to form a mound.

Baking the Chicken

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F and bake the vertical rotisserie for 1 hour.
  • Check the internal temperature; it should reach 165 F before turning off the oven.
  • Let it cool for 15 minutes before shaving the chicken.
  • Serve with Tzatziki sauce.

Notes

Using a thermometer to check the internal temperature is vital; every oven varies in baking time. Allow chicken to cool before shaving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 570kcalCarbohydrates: 47.9gProtein: 51.2gFat: 20.2gSaturated Fat: 6.7gCholesterol: 163mgSodium: 1254mgPotassium: 983mgFiber: 4gSugar: 7.9gVitamin A: 1200IUVitamin C: 33.8mgCalcium: 140mgIron: 4.3mg
Keyword Authentic Greek Chicken Gyros Recipe, Chicken Gyro
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