Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 2 Large Chicken Breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
- ½ cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- ½ tsp Dill weed dried
- ¼ tsp Rosemary dried
- ¼ tsp Basil dried
- ¼ tsp Oregano dried
- ¼ tsp Thyme dried
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice
- dash pepper
- dash salt
- 1 tsp Garlic minced
For the tzatziki sauce
- 1 cup Yogurt
- ½ tsp Olive oil
- 3 tsp Garlic minced
- 1 tsp Dill weed dried
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½ Cucumber Shredded cucumber squeeze out excess liquid.
For the Pita Pocket
- 4 Whole Wheat Pita Pockets
- 1 cup Spinach
- 1 small Red Pepper thinly sliced
- 1 medium Cucumber thinly sliced
- 1 medium Tomato thinly sliced
- 1 medium Red Onion thinly sliced
Instructions
For the Chicken
- Combine cut chicken, plain greek yogurt, and all herbs and spices except the minced garlic into a bowl. Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Recommend mixing the sauce together to chill both at the same time. See instructions for sauce below.
- Heat sauté pan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and cook until fragrant and golden brown in color.
- Add the chicken to the pan and cook until internal temperature reaches 165 and most of the moisture is evaporated.
- Open pita pockets, smear a generous amount of tzatziki sauce in the pita. Layer with spinach, red peppers, onion, cucumber, tomato and other desired toppings such as feta or olives. Top with addition tzatziki sauce and serve.
For the Tzatziki sauce
- Combine all ingredient for sauce, cover and place in the refrigerator for at least one hour to allow flavors to incorporate.
Notes
Additional Nutrition Information (Chicken Gyros and 2 tbsp of Tzatziki sauce): Total fat 6g, Sodium336mg, Carbohydrates 37g, Protein 23g