Need a little more direction?
Watch our tutorial
1 hr 0 min
1 hr 0 min
0 from 0 reviews
I know you thought I said it wrong, but in Greek, you shouldn’t pronounce the G in the Gyro. The name comes from the Greek word γύρος which is translated to ‘circle’ or ‘turn’, and it derives from the Turkish word döner, also meaning “turn”. The history of grilling meat, then cut or slice as the meat keeps cooking comes from the Ottoman Empire, first presented as Döner Kebap. After World War II, the dish was introduced to Athens by immigrants from the middle east. The addition of the Tzatziki made the dish too become known as Gyros. Gyros can be done with pork, chicken, or lamb. I chose chicken here but feel free to take this recipe and change the type of meat to your preference. You know already that pita is my favorite bread, this is just another type of pita. Made with a little bit of olive oil in the dough, grilled, and not attempting to create a pocket. This pita we stuff on top like a taco. Ohhh YASSS.
Scale
Pan
Bowl
Rolling pin
Ziplock
Grill
Gyro pita
In a bowl, add the water, yeast, and sugar. Mix well.
Add the flour and mix until you get a homogeneous dough. Then add the salt and olive oil, knead them until completely dissolved in the dough.
Keep kneading the dough on a working surface for an additional 10 min, until you get a smooth sexy dough.
Round the dough to a ball, place it in a bowl, covered with a towel, and let it rest until double in size.
Then- punch the dough and divide it into 140-150 gr pieces. Round each of them into a tight ball and let them rest, covered with a towel, for about 10-15 min.
Bake the pitas on a preheated pan until you get a nice color on one side, then flip it and do the same for the other side.
YASSS!
Tzatziki
Chop the parsley, dill, and garlic.
Cut the cucumbers into small cubes.
Mix all the ingredients of the Tzatziki in a bowl. Keep in the fridge until you serve the gyros.
Chicken
Simply mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
Add the chicken thighs and massage them with the marinade.
Place the marinated chicken in a ziplock bag or a box and place it in the fridge, up to overnight. The chicken will absorb all the flavors of the marinade, results in a very juicy-delicious chicken!
Grill your marinated chicken until cooked through, and enjoy on your gyro.
Assembly
Take one pita, spread two tablespoons of Tzatziki, add sliced tomato, some thinly sliced red onion, the chicken, and close with another teaspoon of Tzatziki.
Watch our tutorial
write your comment