Chicken Gyros with Cucumber Salsa and Tsatsiki
A delicious Mediterranean-inspired dish featuring shredded roast chicken served on warm naan bread with homemade tsatsiki sauce and a fresh cucumber-tomato salsa. The combination of herbs, garlic, and Greek yogurt creates an authentic gyros experience at home.
Ingredients
- •2 whole Kirby cucumbers
- •1½ cups Greek yogurt
- •1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- •5 cloves garlic
- •1 pint grape tomatoes
- •1 small red onion
- •⅓ cup flat-leaf parsley
- •¼ cup mint
- •¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- •1 teaspoon dried oregano
- •1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- •1 package naan bread
- •½ whole roast chicken
- •½ head iceberg lettuce
- •thinly sliced
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat broiler.
2 min
- 2.
Peel and grate 1 cucumber, then squeeze it with your hands to remove excess water. Stir together with yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, one third of garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make tsatsiki.
10 min
- 3.
Cut remaining cucumber into 1/4-inch pieces and stir together with tomatoes, onion, parsley, mint, remaining 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make salsa.
15 min
- 4.
Gently simmer oil, oregano, rosemary, remaining garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a small heavy saucepan, stirring constantly, until garlic is fragrant but not browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Toss chicken with 3 tablespoons garlic oil and brush one side of bread with remainder.
5 min
- 5.
Heat bread, oiled side up, in a 4-sided sheet pan, covered with foil, 3 to 4 inches from broiler 3 minutes. Uncover and broil, rotating bread for even coloring, until golden in spots, about 2 minutes.
5 min
- 6.
Spread some of tsatsiki on warm bread and top with chicken and some of lettuce and salsa. Serve remaining lettuce, salsa, and tsatsiki on the side.
5 min
