Best Chicken Gyros


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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

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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

    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.