Homemade Chicken Gyros Meat Tower

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken breast is leaner, while pork is often less expensive.

tzatziki sauce

🥗Healthier: yogurt with herbs

💰Cheaper: sour cream with dill

Yogurt with herbs offers a lighter option, while sour cream is more budget-friendly.

Pound out boneless skinless chicken thighs to flatten them.

Prepare the marinade by mixing lemon juice, red wine vinegar, minced garlic, chili flake, Greek yogurt, olive oil, salt, sweet paprika, onion powder, pepper, dried oregano, ground coriander, and ground cumin.

Dump the marinade over the pounded chicken thighs and mix thoroughly without breaking the chicken apart.

Cover the marinated chicken and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight if possible.

Stack the marinated chicken thighs onto a metal skewer tower or a makeshift skewer setup using a potato or onion.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Place the chicken tower into the preheated oven and roast for 60 to 90 minutes, basting with juices occasionally.

Prepare a Greek vinaigrette for the salad by mixing lemon juice, red wine vinegar, honey Dijon mustard, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper, then blend with a stick blender, adding dried oregano last.

After 90 minutes, check the chicken; if not done, continue cooking and baste with juices.

Prepare the tzatziki sauce by peeling and cubing half a cucumber, salting it, and letting it sit to drain excess water.

Mix the drained cucumber with Greek yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, minced garlic, and Dill.

Chop an English cucumber, grape tomatoes, and red onion for the salad, adding Italian parsley leaves.

Dress the salad with the Greek vinaigrette just before serving.

Brush flatbreads with olive oil and warm them in a grill pan.

Slice the roasted chicken and assemble the wraps with chicken, salad, and tzatziki sauce.

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