Greek-style Chicken With Tzatziki Sauce
If you like to innovate with food from other countries and cultures, do not hesitate to prepare these recipes; various variations of Greek-style chicken with Tzatziki sauce, a classic in the food of that area of the Mediterranean.
The sauce is prepared with Greek yogurt, how could it be otherwise. The result? A delicious dish that you cannot miss!
Greek-style chicken with Tzatziki sauce: Option 1
Perhaps you think that international food is complicated because you do not know it or because the names of the dishes seem difficult to read or say. However, this recipe is simple and fast. In no time you will have a menu brought directly from Greece. You’ll love it.
Ingredients needed:
For the Tzatziki sauce:
- ½ cucumber
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cloves of garlic
- The juice of half a lemon
- 1 teaspoon coriander, chopped
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon minced mint
For the cuk chicken:
- 1 teaspoon of chopped parsley
- 1 chicken breast
- Olive oil required amount
- The juice of half a lemon
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
At your service:
- Tomatoes
- Limes
- Pita bread
Elaboration:
- First, grate the cucumber and place in a colander with a little salt, for 20 minutes, to release the liquid
- Second. Cut the chicken breast into strips and mix with the olive oil, lemon juice, parsley and oregano.
- Third, salt and pepper and cover with plastic wrap to marinate for 15 minutes.
- Later, in a container, prepare the sauce with the drained cucumber, the yogurt, the lemon juice, the mint, the crushed garlic, the coriander and the cumin.
- Then brown the marinated chicken over low heat with very little oil until golden brown.
- Next, place a tablespoon of chicken on each pita and then pour a little of the sauce on top.
- Finally, finish the plate with sliced tomatoes and limes.
Greek-style chicken with Tzatziki sauce: Option 2
It is similar to the previous one but the sauce is faster and more basic. It also has Greek yogurt so the flavors of the island of Mykonos or Athens will be the real thing!
You need (for 2 servings):
- 1 chicken breast fillet
- 2 pita breads
- 1 Greek yogurt
- ½ clove of garlic
- 1 piece of cucumber
- 1 handful of arugula
- Salt and pepper
As elaborated?
- Make the sauce first. To do this, mix the yogurt, the cucumber cut into pieces and the grated garlic in a container. Salt and pepper and reserve.
- Second, season the chicken breast and grill it. Cut into small pieces.
- Third, toast the pita bread and fill with a tablespoon of chicken, a little arugula and finally the Tzatziki sauce.
- Lastly, remember to serve hot.
Greek-style chicken with Tzatziki sauce: Option 3
Here’s another version (have you noticed the number of versions for the same traditional recipe?) Of this typical Greek food. Only the white houses with blue roofs are missing and it will seem that you are in this beautiful country.
Required for two servings:
For the Tzatziki sauce:
- 1 pot of Greek yogurt
- 1 cucumber
- 2 sprigs of mint
- The juice of half a lemon
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 100 grams of goat cheese
For the fajitas:
- 4 corn tortillas
- 2 chicken breasts
- Lettuce to taste
Steps to follow:
- The sauce is prepared first. If it fits you, you can keep it in the fridge for other preparations. Open the cucumber in half and remove the seeds. Cut what is left into slices.
- Second. Mix with the finely chopped garlic cloves, the cheese, chopped as small as possible, and the minced mint leaves. Do not pass it through the shredder, it has to be something thick and with pieces of cucumber.
- Third. Put in a bowl with the Greek yogurt and lemon juice. The Tzatziki sauce is here. Put it in the fridge covered with plastic wrap.
- Then continue with the chicken. Cut the breasts into strips about 2 cm wide and 5 cm long.
- Sauté in the pan with a little oil until golden brown .
- Finally, toast the tortillas and then assemble: first a tablespoon of chicken, then a little lettuce cut in julienne and finally the sauce.
