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I’m obsessive about the marinade from this simple Greek Rooster Gyro recipe. The rooster is so good! Eat it in a pita or serve it over a giant salad.

Rooster Gyros

My husband Tommy loves Greek meals (he’s obsessive about my Lamb Gyro Loaf from the Skinnytaste Meal Prep cookbook), so he’s by no means upset when these Rooster Gyros are on the menu! I marinate the boneless skinless rooster thighs (you may also use chicken breasts) forward and cook dinner them within the air fryer, skillet, or grill. It really works nice with no matter cooking methodology you select! He likes his on a pita with all of the fixin’s, and I serve mine over a giant Chopped Feta Salad. Everybody’s comfortable! I even have Chicken Shawarma and Street Cart Chicken with White Sauce that’s additionally in style!

Why This Rooster Gyro Recipe Works

Like most of you, cooking meals that everybody in my home will take pleasure in is all the time a problem. I like this recipe as a result of it pleases my complete household. Right here’s why it really works:

• Versatile: You possibly can serve it some ways, similar to a bowl, over rice or salad, or in a pita.
• Handy: Marinate it early for a fast weeknight dinner, and select the cooking methodology that’s best for you.
• Excessive Protein: The Greek yogurt marinade boosts the protein content material, giving one serving 54 grams of protein.
• Dietary Restrictions: Weight Watchers-friendly, gluten-free, high-protein, Mediterranean diet-friendly, keto, low-carb

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What You’ll Want

Listed here are the rooster gyros elements. See the recipe card under for the precise measurements.

• Complete Milk Greek Yogurt slowly tenderizes rooster to make it juicy. Whereas acidic rooster marinades can toughen the meat and make it rubbery, yogurt slowly breaks down the proteins within the meat leading to essentially the most tender texture.
• Garlic: Grate or mince garlic for a taste enhance.
• Lemon: Zest and juice lemon for a brilliant, recent style.
• Rooster Gyros Seasoning: Kosher salt, cumin, onion powder, candy paprika, turmeric, black pepper, cinnamon, purple pepper flakes
• Rooster: I favor boneless, skinless rooster thighs, however rooster breasts additionally work.

Easy methods to Make Rooster Gyros

This simple rooster gyros recipe is ideal for meal prep. Marinate it the day earlier than when you’ve gotten time, then cook dinner it the subsequent day earlier than dinner. It’ll take underneath 25 minutes regardless of which cooking methodology you select. See the recipe card on the backside for printable instructions.

1. Rooster Gyros Marinade: Mix all of the marinade elements in a bowl and coat the rooster in it. Cowl and refrigerate for a minimum of half-hour or in a single day. Don’t marinate it for greater than 36 hours, because the yogurt will start to interrupt down the rooster.
2. Air Fryer: Air fry thighs at 400F for 20 to 24 minutes, flipping midway.
3. Grill or cook dinner on the range: over medium-high warmth for 15 to twenty minutes, flipping midway.
4. As soon as cooked, slice the rooster and serve on pita or over a salad.

Variations

• Yogurt: Use nonfat or reduced-fat yogurt should you favor.
• Dairy-Free: Substitute a dairy-free Greek yogurt.
• Lettuce: Swap iceberg with romaine or little gem.
• Onions: Exchange purple onion with shallots or pickled onions.
• Tomatoes: Use cherry or grape tomatoes.

Serving Recommendations

• Make a Greek salad, gyros pita, or rice bowl with iceberg lettuce, purple onion, cucumbers, and tomato, and high them with feta, tzatziki, baba ganoush, or hummus.
• Add it to different salads, like my Mediterranean Quinoa Salad, Greek Orzo Salad, or Chopped Feta Salad.

Storage

• Refrigerate rooster for 4 days.
• Freeze it for 3 months.
• Thaw rooster within the fridge in a single day and microwave or air fry till heat. It’s additionally good chilly over salads.

Extra Rooster Thigh Recipes You Will Love

For extra dinner ideas utilizing rooster thighs, try my Chicken Thigh Recipes assortment, plus these 5 scrumptious rooster thigh recipes to encourage your subsequent meal!