Grilled Chicken Souvlaki. Be sure to un-thread the chicken from skewers, and place in a tightly-closed container before refrigerating. For more serving ideas: see "what to serve with Greek souvlaki" up in the post. The chicken is marinated in a simple mixture of garlic, vinegar, oil, s+p, and herbs (fresh or dried, your choice) and then grilled to crispy-outer-juicy-inner perfection.
Remove the chicken from the marinade and add to the pan.
In a medium bowl combine all the tzatziki sauce ingredients and set aside.
You can either use an outdoor grill, a griddle, or a grill pan (what I used in this recipe).
You can have Grilled Chicken Souvlaki using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Grilled Chicken Souvlaki
- It's 1/2 of Green Pepper.
- Prepare 1 of Tomato.
- Prepare 1 of Iceberg Lettuce.
- You need 2 of Pita Bread.
- Prepare 3 of Chicken Breasts.
- You need 1 of Salt.
- It's 1 of Pepper.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of Olive Oil.
- It's 1 oz of Tub of Greek Cucumber Dill.
Whatever you use, grease well with olive oil. Preheat on high heat so they won't stick on the grates and then drop the heat to medium-high. Chicken souvlaki is almost always made with chunks of boneless skinless breasts, which have a marked tendency to dry out when grilled. The chicken souvlaki recipe is *gluten free but I'm including grilled pita idea for serving.
Grilled Chicken Souvlaki step by step
- Clean chicken breasts..
- Grill chicken breasts in pan with olive oil and season with salt and pepper..
- Cut grilled chicken into cubes..
- Slice tomato and green pepper..
- Cut up lettuce..
- Put pita bread on grill or in panini maker to warm and crisp..
- Fill pita with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, green pepper, and top with dill sauce..
It is optional, yet I must say, Souvlaki and pita are simply made for each other. To grill pita, oil pita bread, and throw on the grill just until nice grill mark appears on both sides. Making the chicken souvlaki is dead easy, you simply mix the marinade, marinate the chicken and grill! Whenever I make this I am taken back to that trip to Greece on the streets in Plaka with the gyros with chicken, tomatoes, onions, tzatziki and the roasted red peppers. Chicken souvlaki is almost always made with chunks of boneless skinless breasts, which have a marked tendency to dry out when grilled.