Instruction Make Appetizing Grilled Chicken Souvlaki

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.

In a medium bowl combine all the tzatziki sauce ingredients and set aside. Add chicken, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. You can either use an outdoor grill, a griddle, or a grill pan (what I used in this recipe). You can cook Grilled Chicken Souvlaki using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Grilled Chicken Souvlaki

1. Prepare 1/2 of Green Pepper.
2. You need 1 of Tomato.
3. Prepare 1 of Iceberg Lettuce.
4. It's 2 of Pita Bread.
5. It's 3 of Chicken Breasts.
6. You need 1 of Salt.
7. Prepare 1 of Pepper.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of Olive Oil.
9. You need 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. Making the chicken souvlaki is dead easy, you simply mix the marinade, marinate the chicken and grill!

Grilled Chicken Souvlaki instructions

1. Clean chicken breasts..
2. Grill chicken breasts in pan with olive oil and season with salt and pepper..
3. Cut grilled chicken into cubes..
4. Slice tomato and green pepper..
5. Cut up lettuce..
6. Put pita bread on grill or in panini maker to warm and crisp..
7. Fill pita with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, green pepper, and top with dill sauce..

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. The chicken souvlaki recipe is *gluten free but I'm including grilled pita idea for serving. 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.