Air Fryer Chicken Gyro Recipe
The best chicken gyro recipe ever. Using the rotisserie feature of your air fryer oven, boneless chicken thighs are marinated with Greek yoghurt, lemon, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and oregano then rotated until perfectly cooked.
Servings: 4
Calories: 627kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Chicken Thighs Boneless Skinless
- Pitta Bread
- 1 Large Tomato diced
- 1 Medium Cucumber diced
- Shredded Lettuce optional
Greek Gyro Marinade
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Thick Greek Yoghurt
- 2 Tsp Oregano
- Salt & Pepper
Tzatziki Sauce
- 1 Small Lemon juice only
- 1 Tsp Garlic Puree
- 3 Tbsp Greek Yoghurt
Kitchen Gadgets
- Tower Air Fryer Oven
- Ziploc Bag
Instructions
- Place your marinade ingredients into a Ziploc bag with your chicken thighs and give them a good mix. Load the Ziploc into a bowl and then place in the fridge overnight.
- The next day remove the bowl from the fridge and get rid of the Ziploc bag. Using the attachment for the rotisserie load the chicken onto it and then push it down to fit in as much as you can.
- Then secure the rotisserie into place and air fry for 30 minutes at 180c/360f, followed by a further 30 minutes at 160c/320f.
- Whilst the air fryer is rotating make your tzatziki sauce by mixing some of the cucumber you have diced with the rest of the tzatziki sauce ingredients. Then test and if too garlicky balance it out with a little more lemon juice and Greek yoghurt.
- Also load the rest of the cucumber into a bowl, another with tomato and then get out anything else you plan to serve with it.
- When the chicken thigh gyros are cooked allow to cool for about 5 minutes.
- Then remove from the rotisserie and it will be like a big log of chicken pieces and then slice them lengthways into chunks that resemble chicken kebabs you have purchased.
- Once fully sliced you will have a big collection of gyro chicken meat that you can then make a gyro bowl with or load into pitta breads with your cucumber, tomato, and sauce.
Notes
Swaps. You can swap the balsamic, lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil for the same quantity in Greek olive oil dressing.
Air Fryers. Note that we used our Tower air fryer oven because it has a rotisserie feature.
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Nutrition
Calories: 627kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 246mg | Sodium: 206mg | Potassium: 760mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 540IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 3mg
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