Chicken souvlaki
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Chicken souvlaki
Lemon, garlic and oregano give these tender chicken skewers a bright, savoury flavour.
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Easy
Gather
Ingredients
- 600 gboneless chicken thighs, cut into 3 cm pieces
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 1lemon, juiced
- 2 clovegarlic, crushed
- 2 tspdried oregano
- ½ tspsalt
- 150 gGreek yoghurt
- 150 gcucumber, grated and squeezed dry
- 4pitta breads
Make
Method
- 1.
Mix the oil, half the lemon juice, garlic, oregano and salt. Add the chicken and leave to marinate in the fridge for 20 minutes.
25 minutes - 2.
Meanwhile, stir the yoghurt, cucumber and remaining lemon juice together to make a sauce.
3 minutes - 3.
Heat the grill to medium-high. Thread the chicken onto eight skewers and place on a foil-lined grill tray, discarding any leftover marinade.
2 minutes - 4.
Grill for 12–15 minutes, turning regularly, until browned and the thickest chicken pieces reach 75°C in the centre.
15 minutes - 5.
Warm the pittas in a toaster and serve with the chicken and cucumber yoghurt.
2 minutes