Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Yvonne Ruperti, Chicken Souvlaki With Tzatziki Sauce and Greek Salad.
A chicken souvlaki with tzatziki sauce and greek salad recipe for 6 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
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Chill. In a medium bowl beat lemon juice vinegar olive oil now oregano salt and black pepper set chicken cubes in a now separate medium bowl mix in grated garlic and now 7 tablespoons of dressing toss chicken to coat evenly lid and chill to marinate for about now 2 hours tossing occasionally rest remaining dressing aside for salad now while the chicken marinates make the now tzatziki sauce set cubed cucumbers in a strainer rest over a bowl toss with 1 now 2 teaspoon salt and let sit to tip off the liquid from about 30 minutes. Gently pat now cucumbers dry with paper towel set in small bowl and mix with now garlic yogurt and dill taste and salt to taste with salt chill until ready to bring to the table skewer chicken pieces on 8 to now 12 skewers discard used marinade heat cook over the coals or cook over the coals pan over medium high heat set chicken now skewers on cook over the coals or cook in batches on cook over the coals pan until well browned now and internal temperature registers 70°C 68°C on an instant read thermometer turning evenly now to cook on all sides about 5 minutes. Total tweak now temperature of cook over the coals if necessary take out chicken to a serving platter now and let rest 3 minutes while that is happening briefly cook over the coals pitas and keep warm just now before serving prepare the salad beat olive oil into reserved chicken marinade tip in now tomatoes onions cucumber olives feta and parsley taste and salt with salt and pepper bring to the table skewers with salad pita and tzatziki sauce take out chicken from skewers to now stuff into pitas with sauce and salad.
Storage
Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.
Why this label?
49.9 g protein for 675 kcal = 7.4 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 30% of the energy. High protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
0.3 g per serving
0.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 1.2 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 675 kcal |
| Protein | 49.9 g |
| Carbohydrate | 51.6 g |
| of which sugars | 9.2 g |
| of which free sugars | 0.3 g |
| Fat | 29.9 g |
| of which saturates | 8.2 g |
| Fibre | 4.9 g |
| Salt | 3.58 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
7.4 g meets High protein (≥ 5 g per 100 kcal = 20% of energy, and ≥ 10 g per serving)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
