Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken souvlaki wrap/roll with tzatziki sauce. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Sautee chicken in skillet until cooked. TO MAKE THE WRAP Place chicken in centre of pita. To marinate chicken, combine lemon juice, oregano, oil, salt, garlic and chicken in a shallow bowl. For tzatziki sauce, put yoghurt and feta in a bowl and blitz with a stick blender until smooth.
Chicken Souvlaki Wrap/Roll With Tzatziki Sauce is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Souvlaki Wrap/Roll With Tzatziki Sauce is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken souvlaki wrap/roll with tzatziki sauce using 26 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Souvlaki Wrap/Roll With Tzatziki Sauce:
- Prepare For the Souvlaki Marinade:
- Take 10 Garlic cloves (peeled)
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Dried oregano
- Take 1 Tsp Dried Rosemary
- Prepare 1 Tsp Paprika
- Prepare 1 tsp Salt
- Make ready 1 Tsp Black pepper powder
- Make ready 1/4 Cup Extra virgin olive oil
- Take 1/4 Cup Dry white wine or red wine vinegar
- Take 1 Lemon
- Get 1 Large Bay Leaf (crushed)
- Prepare For the Grilled Chicken:
- Take 1 kg boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs (fat removed & cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces)
- Get As required Oil for brushing the Grill plates
- Make ready For the wrap & toppings:
- Take 6 Greek pita bread
- Make ready As required Tzatziki Sauce (recipe below)
- Take 1 Each Red, Orange & Yellow Bell Peppers (sliced)
- Take 1 Tomato (sliced)
- Prepare 1 Red onions (sliced)
- Get For the Tzatziki Sauce:
- Take 1 English Cucumber (Grated)
- Make ready 2 Cups Greek Yogurt or Hung Curd
- Get 6 Garlic cloves (Peeled & Minced)
- Take 1 handful Fresh Mint Leaves (Finely Chopped)
- Prepare 1 Tsp Salt/As per taste
The difference between chicken gyros and chicken souvlaki is how the meat is prepared and cooked. Gyros consist of slices of meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie that is wrapped up in pita bread with fried potatoes, vegetables, and tzatziki. While chicken souvlaki consists of small pieces of grilled meat skewered on a stick. For the Sandwich Place a piece of tinfoil on your countertop.
Steps to make Chicken Souvlaki Wrap/Roll With Tzatziki Sauce:
- Remove fat from the edges of the Chicken. Cut into small 1.5 inch cubes. Wash the Chicken throughly under running water in a colander. Shake off the excess water. Set aside. - Slice the Bell Peppers & the Onion thinly. Set aside.
- To make the chicken: - - Place the garlic, oregano, rosemary, crushed bay leaves, paprika, salt, pepper, olive oil, white wine/red wine vinegar and lemon juice. Pulse until well combined.
- Combine the chicken & the marinade in a large bowl. Toss to coat making sure chicken is well-coated with the marinade.
- Cover tightly and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
- Soak wooden skewers in water for 30 to 45 minutes or so.
- Prepare the Tzatziki Sauce and the other toppings in the mean time.
- When ready, thread the marinated chicken pieces through the prepared skewers.
- Cook on a preheated Indoor Electric Grill/Outdoor Grill or Grill Pan. Turn the skewers evenly to cook on all sides, about 5 minutes total. (Adjust temperature of grill if necessary). - While grilling, brush lightly with the marinade (then discard any leftover marinade).
- Transfer the chicken to serving platter and let rest for 3 minutes. Meanwhile, lightly grill the pita bread and keep warm.
- To make the Tzatziki Sauce: - - Grate the English Cucumber. Squeeze out the juice completely. It should be absolutely dry. Add the Greek Yogurt/hung curd followed by the salt, minced garlic & chopped mint. Stir well. Cover tightly. Refrigerate. Use as required.
- To assemble the Chicken Souvlaki Wraps: - - Spread Tzatziki Sauce on the warm Pita. - Add the grilled chicken pieces (take them off skewers first, of course) then add the veggies.
- Serve with Tzatziki Sauce on the side.
- Enjoy!
While chicken souvlaki consists of small pieces of grilled meat skewered on a stick. For the Sandwich Place a piece of tinfoil on your countertop. Add the warmed pita to the middle of the tinfoil and top with chopped lettuce, tzatziki sauce, chicken tenders, tomato, red onion, and dill. Gently lift the sides of the pita up to create a taco-like shape to your chicken gyro. Heat a grill pan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
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