Easy Crock Pot Chicken Gyros are generously seasoned with onion, lemon, and oregano. A few minutes of preparation then the crock pot does the work!
These Crock Pot Chicken Gyros are the easiest chicken gyros you will ever make, hands down. Prep time is hardly anything and the Crock Pot does most of the work. I love the sauce that goes on these, too. It is so simple to make and rounds these gyros out perfectly.
My problem with gyros is that sometimes they turn out dry. What better way to make these nice and tender than to throw them in the crock pot. I wasn’t quite sure how they would turn out but they were AWESOME– better than I was expecting actually! The chicken was perfectly moist and the flavor was infused throughout. Seriously, I will never make gyros any other way again!
I have small kids at home so I made these “kid-friendly” for them by serving the chicken mixture over rice. The next day I shredded the chicken up, put it over the flatbread with the tomatoes, sprinkled some cheese over the top, and microwaved them for 30 seconds. I cut them into “pizza slices” and the kids devoured them!
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1 onion diced
- 1 1/2 lb. chicken cut into 1" pieces
- lemon zest from 1 small to medium-sized lemon
- juice from 1 small to medium-sized lemon
- 1/2 c. chicken broth
- 2 tsp. dried oregano
- salt & pepper to taste
- 4-6 slices of flatbread
- diced or sliced tomatoes, to taste
- 1 c. Tzatziki sauce click here
- Add butter and onions to crock pot. When butter is melted, stir onions around to coat in butter.
- Add chicken to the bottom of the crock pot, placing the pieces evenly over the onions.
- Add lemon zest, lemon juice, chicken broth, oregano, and salt and pepper.
- Cover and cook on high for appx. 2 hours or on low for 3-4 hours.
- Serve by placing a little chicken mixture on each flatbread and topping with Tzatziki sauce and diced tomatoes.
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Yum! And so simple too. Pinned!
Thanks for sharing this fab recipe – I’m making it for our New Year’s Eve dinner! 🙂
This doesn’t specify white or dark meat chicken… I used breasts, and cooked on low for an hour and 45 minutes — turned out dry and over cooked. Still tastes great though! I added a little paprika in the beginning, then after removing the chicken, turned the heat up to high until the onions were carmelized, and the sauce reduced slightly.
You can use either depending on your taste. I’m sorry the breasts turned out dry. This time and low heat worked for me, maybe try cooking for less time next time. Crock Pot temps can vary. Thank you for sharing your ideas!
How many gyros would this make ?
does anybody know the nutrients for this recipe
TIA
You can check ingredients on nutrition websites like livestrong.com
Hope that helps!
Approx how many breasts? Don’t have a scale 🙁
One breast can be between 6 and 8 ounces, so I would recommend 3-4 chicken breasts depending on the size. If they are larger, use 3. Thank you for asking!
I have this on the go in the crockpot right now…but I had to comment because my name is Echoe as well (my parents threw an e on the end…you know, to distinguish me from all the other kids named Echo I’d go to school with 😉 ) and I haven’t met another Echo before!
I’ve never seen your spelling of “Echo” before – I was named after my aunt who was named after a friend of my Grandmothers. The name continues to go through the family. My sister, Emily, named her daughter Echo. Where did your parents get your name?
Chicken was dry…. The tzatziki sauce was very good though!!!
It doesn’t say weather the chicken breast be frozen or thawed out before putting them in? I would assume un frozen but just want to double check.
You can do it either way– it doesn’t make a difference. Hope this helps!
Have this in right now! hope it turns out, Smells good so far! I added a bit more chicken broth and an extra breast, also cooking from frozen. Wish me luck 🙂