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🍽️ Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki

654 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• onions, red 2 pcs.
• garlic cloves 2 pcs.
• sliced chicken 400 g
• chicken seasoning salt 1 tbsp
• olive oil 8 tbsp
• long grain rice 300 g
• salt pinch
• cucumbers 2 pcs.
• yogurt, plain 300 g
• pepper, black ground pinch
• cherry tomatoes 300 g
• dill, fresh 20 g
• organic limes 1 pcs.

Instructions

1. 1. Halve the onions and remove the skin.
2. 2. Cut the onions into thin strips.
3. 3. Peel the garlic.
4. 4. Finely chop the garlic.
5. 5. Take a bowl.
6. 6. Add half of the garlic to the bowl.
7. 7. Add the onion strips to the bowl.
8. 8. Add the sliced chicken to the bowl.
9. 9. Add the chicken seasoning salt to the bowl.
10. 10. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the bowl.
11. 11. Mix all ingredients in the bowl thoroughly.
12. 12. Set the bowl aside to let the meat marinate.
13. 13. Take a pot.
14. 14. Put the rice in the pot.
15. 15. Cover the rice with about 700 milliliters of salted water.
16. 16. Bring the water to a boil.
17. 17. Reduce the heat to low to medium.
18. 18. Cover the pot.
19. 19. Let the rice cook for about 15 minutes.
20. 20. Wash the cucumbers.
21. 21. Cut off the ends of half a cucumber.
22. 22. Take a bowl.
23. 23. Grate the half cucumber coarsely into the bowl.
24. 24. Peel the remaining garlic.
25. 25. Add the remaining garlic to the grated cucumbers.
26. 26. Add yogurt to the grated cucumbers.
27. 27. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the grated cucumbers.
28. 28. Mix everything well.
29. 29. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
30. 30. Slice the remaining cucumber diagonally into thin strips.
31. 31. Wash the tomatoes.
32. 32. Quarter the tomatoes.
33. 33. Wash the dill.
34. 34. Remove the coarse stems from the dill.
35. 35. Finely chop the dill.
36. 36. Wash the lime.
37. 37. Halve the lime.
38. 38. Squeeze the juice from the lime.
39. 39. Take a bowl.
40. 40. Add 2 tablespoons of lime juice to the bowl.
41. 41. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the bowl.
42. 42. Whisk the lime juice and olive oil together.
43. 43. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
44. 44. Add the cucumber strips to the bowl.
45. 45. Add the tomatoes to the bowl.
46. 46. Add the dill to the bowl.
47. 47. Add the remaining onion strips to the bowl.
48. 48. Mix all salad ingredients together.
49. 49. Set the salad aside.
50. 50. Take a pan.
51. 51. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan.
52. 52. Heat the oil over medium to high heat.
53. 53. Sear the chicken in the pan.
54. 54. Stir the chicken occasionally.
55. 55. Cook the chicken for about 2 to 3 minutes.
56. 56. Remove the pan from the heat.
57. 57. Cover the gyros in the pan.
58. 58. Let the gyros rest for another approx. 3 minutes.
59. 59. Fluff the rice with a fork.
60. 60. Take plates.
61. 61. Plate the gyros.
62. 62. Plate the tomato-cucumber salad.
63. 63. Plate the tzatziki.
64. 64. Plate the rice.
65. 65. Drizzle the dish with some of the remaining lime juice.
66. 66. Enjoy your meal!

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 654
• Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 51 g