Greek Chicken Gyro Pita
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Serves: 4 Gyros
 
Lightly fried chicken breast bites on pita with feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers and Tzatziki sauce.
Ingredients
Chicken and Marinade
  • 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 teaspoons Greek Seasoning
  • 1 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • To prepare
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon Greek Seasoning
  • pepper
  • canola oil for frying
Toppings
  • tomato - diced
  • cucumber slices - sliced thinly
  • sweet peppers - diced
  • Feta cheese
  • Tzatziki sauce
  • Pita bread
Instructions
  1. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces and put in a bowl or a large plastic bag.
  2. Add the buttermilk, Greek Seasoning, red wine vinegar, garlic and pepper to the chicken. Mix until the chicken is coated. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
  3. Make the Tzatziki sauce and refrigerate. It gets better as it sits. You can make it a day ahead.
  4. Mix the flour, Greek Seasoning and pepper together. Dip the chicken into the flour. Shake off excess flour.
  5. Add it a pan with oil in it that is about 325 degrees. Fry the chicken quickly until cooked throughout. Drain on a paper towel.
  6. Heat the pita bread up in the oven or microwave while the chicken is cooking. Have your topping ingredients ready to assemble the gyros.
  7. To assemble gyros, add a line of cucumber slices down the center of the pita. Top with the chicken. Then add your toppings and Tzatziki sauce.
Recipe by Recipes Food and Cooking at https://recipesfoodandcooking.com/2015/01/15/greek-chicken-gyro-pita/