Chicken Souvlaki
In Greece, souvlaki typically refers to skewers of grilled lamb. In America, chicken is more common, and it's often served in pita bread. Precooked chicken makes these sandwiches a snap to prepare. Serve with tabbouleh.
In Greece, souvlaki typically refers to skewers of grilled lamb. In America, chicken is more common, and it's often served in pita bread. Precooked chicken makes these sandwiches a snap to prepare. Serve with tabbouleh.
I followed the recipe, except I used rotisserie chicken and sprinkled some cayenne pepper before I rolled the ingredients up in flax seed flat bread, it was super delicious. My kids said it was a do-over!
Sorry, I was very disappointed in this recipe. It was relatively bland and the amount of vegetables in the dish overpowered the chicken.
Very tasty. Sauce was the bomb. I didn't bother threading chicken. Pitas didn't open - so we kind of rolled the sandwich in the bread. Served with baked sweet potato fries and family was happy.
This is the second time I have made this dish. The recipe is quick enough for everyday but tasty enough for a casual get together. I made the Tzatziki sauce from another Cooking Light recipe entitled Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce. I did not use the lettuce or onion. I served this with fresh melon. Delicious!
(this was a December-issue superfast recipe but in July I was able to make some substitutions) Prepped yogurt & veggies to recipe, using fresh garlic. Started with raw cubed chicken, marinated with the garlic, fresh oregano & a little lemon juice. Then skewered & grilled chicken and warmed pitas on the bbq. Fresh, light, flavorful. Good summer meal, fast & easy.
I'm giving this recipe four stars, however it's not a special occasion dish. I used a brined sear-roasted boneless chicken breast that I adopted from another CL recipe found here. http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1891913 The pita's I bought would not split easily so I served it open face on top of the pita. This dish would be just as tasty served cold. We used all the chicken for 2 servings and that was our total meal other than fruit for dessert.
I added about a tablespoon or so of lemon juice to the sauce - I think it made it much better. Otherwise, delicious recipe. Would definitely make it again.
I forgot the Dill! I think maybe with the Dill in the yogurt sause it might be better. Becasue i felt that it was missing a little somehting. It was tastey and we will try it out again.
Easy to prepare (used rotisserie chicken), although might try a marinade as suggested by others and will try the lemon in sauce as well. Loved the Greek-styled yoghurt but it does have a lot of fat calories!
While I rate this four stars, I wouldn't make it for a special occasion. This was good and I'll make it again, but it's nothing to necessarily rave about. Here are some changes I made to the recipe: used lemon-herb flavored rotisserie chicken, used fat free feta and fat free Greek yogurt, I omitted the lettuce and I added a little lemon juice to the sauce. I think next time I'll use pressed fresh garlic instead of bottled.
This was so tasty, a winner! The yogurt sauce is even better the next day. Definitely going to make again, and again!
We love a local Greek restaurant here and this recipe was actually better than there's. (Some thing I did not think was possible.) We marinated the chicken with Stubs chicken marinade for half a day. We served with frozen french fries. This was a perfect mid-week meal.