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This Chicken Gyro recipe starts with tender chicken cooked on the grill or in the crock pot. Top it with your choice of tomatoes, lettuce, olives, red onions, Feta cheese, or a tangy Tzatziki sauce.
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This grilled Chicken Gyro Recipe is one of my favorites. I love to make it when I’m in the mood for something Mediterranean. It’s healthy, vibrantly colored, and surprisingly filling. You’ll love the seasoned chicken combined with all kinds of fresh ingredients and toppings and folded into warm pita or flatbread. It is a delicious alternative to the typical sandwich.
The method below is for cooking the chicken over the grill but it can also easily be done in the Crock Pot. If you would like to try the Crock Pot method, be sure to check out our Easy Crock Pot Chicken Gyros recipe!
What is a Gyro?
Traditionally, you make this popular Mediterranean sandwich using lamb, beef or pork. Then, you top it with tomatoes, onions and a yogurt-based dressing on pita or flatbread. Greek-American gyros are made from a large piece of seasoned minced lamb and beef, cooked on a rotisserie. The word ‘gyro’ comes from the Greek word for ‘circle’ or ‘turn’, which references the round rotisserie. I myself don’t know how to make the Greek-style lamb, so this is a recipe for chicken gyros.
What is Tzatziki Sauce?
Basically, Tzatziki sauce is a yogurt based dressing flavored with fresh cucumbers. To the base you add garlic, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, dill, and sometimes mint or parsley. For a chunkier sauce, you can just whisk the ingredients with a spoon. However, if you want a smoother sauce, you can blend it in a food processor. It makes a delicious sauce not only for these chicken gyros, but for vegetables, chips, and pita bread. Of course you can buy Tzatziki sauce at the store, but homemade Tzatziki sauce is so much better!
Ingredients for Grilled Chicken Gyros
- Balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
- Fresh squeezed lemon juice
- Dried oregano
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Chicken breasts – boneless, skinless
- Flatbread
Tzatziki Sauce:
- Plain Greek yogurt
- Cucumber – peeled, seeded, and diced
- Fresh dill
- Lemon juice
- Salt and pepper – to taste
Toppings:
- Hearts of romaine lettuce – cut into slices
- Red onion – thinly sliced
- Tomato – sliced
- Kalamata olives
- Banana peppers – or pepperoncinis, sliced
- Feta cheese – crumbled
- Fresh dill
Questions About Chicken Gyros
Tzatziki tastes delicious on chicken in wraps and on gyros, but it also is great simply in pitas with hummus and olives. It is known to taste amazing with all types of meat, not just chicken, but also beef, pork, and lamb. If you want to eat something lighter, you can use it as a dip and eat tzatziki with carrots, bell pepper, cucumbers, or even radishes. And you can never go wrong with a plain pita chip dipped in tzatziki! My favorite way to eat tzatziki is with falafel and olives on a warm pita bread.
Tzatziki sauce should last about four days in the fridge. You can freeze it but but the texture and consistency can change when thawing it out.
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How to Make a Chicken Gyro with Tzatziki Sauce
Chicken Gyro with Tzatziki Sauce
Ingredients
Grilling Method
- 3/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
- 3 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 chicken breasts boneless, skinless
Tzatziki Sauce
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup cucumber peeled, seeded, and diced
- 1 teaspoon fresh dill
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
Assembling the Gyros
- 5 slices flatbread
- heart of romaine lettuce cut into slices
- red onion thinly sliced
- tomatoes sliced
- kalamata olives
- banana peppers or pepperoncinis, sliced
- feta cheese crumbled
- fresh dill
Instructions
Grilling Method
- Cut up chicken into cubes and place in a large resealable plastic bag. Mix all marinade ingredients in a small bowl. Pour marinade over the chicken, seal, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Skewer chicken (remember to soak your skewers if they are wooden) and place on grill over medium-high heat, turning ¼ turn every couple minutes. When chicken is cooked through and juices run clear, remove from heat.
- For best results, remove chicken from skewers and wrap tightly in foil. Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Combine all tzatziki ingredients in a bowl and mix together. If you want a more smooth sauce, you can blend the sauce in a food processor. Store in the fridge until ready to eat.
- Once the chicken is done, assemble the gyros by placing a flatbread down and topping with chicken, tzatziki sauce, and any other toppings you prefer.
Is the flatbread included in this recipe for the carbs? Or is it 5 carbs just for the chicken mixture and sauce?
The nutrition information is just for the chicken, sauce, and veggies.
Yummy! These look sooo good!
It never donned on me until today to make it with healthy chicken breast! Love!
We can’t get enough of this dish! It’s perfect for lunch!
This is my new favorite lunch! Delicious!
This is one of my favorite meals I always order when we go out. Can’t wait to try my hand at making it at home. Thanks!
I love gyros! Going to try this. I needed a tzarziki sauce recipe. I’ve been lazy and buying mine but the store I get it from no longer makes their own. :'(
Can’t wait to try this Recipe! I love gyro’s and that would be my fave. I am excited to try this little healthier dish, buyusing chicken. I think the only think i’d tweek is by using pulled(shredded) chicken!
These look yummy! I love gyros and the recipe for your Tzatziki sounds wonderful!
These look amazing!