Best Chicken Gyros
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 7
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 370.2
- Total Fat: 18.7 g
- Cholesterol: 15.1 mg
- Sodium: 426.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 41.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.1 g
- Protein: 12.9 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Best Chicken Gyros calories by ingredient
Introduction
This works well with frozen chicken breasts. Just place them in a freezer bag with the marinade and let them thaw in your fridge. They marinade and thaw at the same time.The marinade is poured off the chicken making the cals on this even lower. This works well with frozen chicken breasts. Just place them in a freezer bag with the marinade and let them thaw in your fridge. They marinade and thaw at the same time.
The marinade is poured off the chicken making the cals on this even lower.
Number of Servings: 7
Ingredients
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Sauce
1/2 cup plain yogurt. Place it in a coffee filter and let the water drain out for an hour or so. If you are rushed I use a few filters and squeeze as much out as I can.
1/4 cup grated cucumber, the finer the better
1 tsb of vinegar
1 clove of garlic, chopped or pressed fine
1 tbs of chooped mint
salt and pepper to taste
Marinade for chicken
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tbs thyme
1 tbs Rosemary
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsb marinate
1 tsb italian seasoning
For serving
Whole wheat pita bread, warmed up
sliced tomotoes, onions, and cucumbers
Feta cheese
Directions
Start my mixing up the marinade. Add the olive oil,lemon juice, spices and mustard in a bowl. Wisk until mixed. Place the chicken breasts in a zip lock bag and pour marinade over the top. let sit anywhere from 2 to 24 hours.
create the sauce by combining the thickend yogurt and grated cucumber with the garlic and vinegar. Add salt and pepper and mint to taste. Sauce can be refrigerated for up to a week.
Grill or bake chicken and cut up into chuncks. Serve with warmed pitas, sauce and fixings.
Number of Servings: 7
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PORTSMOM.
create the sauce by combining the thickend yogurt and grated cucumber with the garlic and vinegar. Add salt and pepper and mint to taste. Sauce can be refrigerated for up to a week.
Grill or bake chicken and cut up into chuncks. Serve with warmed pitas, sauce and fixings.
Number of Servings: 7
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PORTSMOM.