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Greek Souvlaki
Chicken

Greek Souvlaki

Greek chicken skewers seasoned with lemon and oregano, with homemade tzatziki

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🥩 Meat
Versions:Original🌾 Gluten-free🥛 Dairy-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Cheese Spread

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the yogurt with the cucumber, lemon juice, garlic and dill.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    In a bowl, mix the olive oil, paprika, garlic, lemon juice, oregano, salt and black pepper and coat the chicken in the mixture.
    Bowl
  2. 3
    Cover and marinate in the fridge at least 1 hour.
    Refrigerator
  3. 4
    Soak the wooden skewers in water while the chicken marinates.
    ⚙ SoakingBowlSkewers
  4. 5
    Thread the chicken cubes onto the skewers.
    Skewers
  5. 6
    Heat a grill hot.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  6. 7
    Grill the skewers on the hot grill rack 3–4 minutes per side, until the chicken is golden and cooked through.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  7. 8
    Serve the chicken in pitas, with the tzatziki.
527calories
42 gprotein
50 gcarbs
17 gfat
● protein 32%● carbs 38%● fat 30%

Per serving (314 g), of 4 servings

For the Cheese Spread · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Skewers · Also works: Grill basket (Grill basket) · Toothpick (For small bites)
  • Charcoal grill or Gas grill · one of them

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🧩 Built from…

Cheese Spread → Grilled Chicken

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