Rooster souvlaki wraps with juicy marinated rooster, crunchy salad and feta. Serve with my home made tzatziki for a contemporary Greek-style dinner.
Nicky’s Notes
Souvlaki is a standard Greek fast-food snack, normally made with pork (I must get to work on the pork model!). I discover it really works equally properly with rooster thighs or lamb. It’s marinated for an hour or so in a beautiful lemony, garlic, olive oil marinade, and the meat soaks up the flavours so properly.
What’s to like about rooster souvlaki?
- It’s a flavour-packed dinner that’s simple to change for even the pickiest of eaters – simply change out the toppings! In the event you don’t like salad, go along with fries. Not eager on tzatziki? Go together with candy chilli sauce or garlic mayo 😋
- You possibly can prepare dinner these on a griddle, within the air fryer,underneath the grill, or on the BBQ.
- It’s an incredible dish to arrange forward, and serve later, as as soon as the prep is finished, it solely takes 10 minutes of cooking earlier than you’re all sat across the desk digging in.
📋 Elements for Rooster Souvlaki (the marinated rooster half)
***Full recipe with detailed portions within the recipe card under***
- Swap out the rooster thighs for rooster breast for those who desire. I desire thighs for this, as they keep juicy, even with the excessive warmth cooking. In the event you use breast items, it would possible take a few minutes much less to prepare dinner.
📋 Flatbreads and Toppings
- These are my favorite toppings, however go along with no matter you want. Chopped olives, contemporary coriander (cilandro), french fries and chunks of avocado all make nice additions.
- For the flatbreads, I’ve used Sainsburys Greek model flatbreads. Lebanase or Persian flatbreads, and even wheat tortillas or pitas additionally work properly. If you wish to make your personal, I’ve bought an incredible flatbread recipe!
🧑🍳 Abbreviated Recipe
***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card under***
Marinade the rooster for an hour and make up the salad. Prepare dinner the rooster on a griddle (or a frying pan) or within the airfryer. Pile into heat flatbreads with the salad, a drizzle of tzatziki and a few crumbled feta.
Recipe Suggestions
- Don’t be alarmed if the meat appears paler after it’s been marinating for some time. The acid within the lemon juice begins to tenderise and ‘prepare dinner’ the meat. As a result of rooster thigh is fairly gentle and tender already, I’d suggest marinating it now not than just a few hours.
- For the very best char, prepare dinner the rooster on a griddle plate or on the BBQ. You may also prepare dinner the rooster within the air fryer (see recipe card), in a frying pan/skillet or underneath the grill (broiler).
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🍽️ What to serve with Rooster Souvlaki
Make forward Information
Prepare dinner rooster forward:
- You may make this rooster forward, though I feel it tastes finest when freshly cooked. If the rooster is cooked after which reheated, it tends to be a bit bit dryer.
- In the event you do make and prepare dinner the rooster forward, then cool, cowl and refrigerate for as much as 2 days. Reheat within the air fryer or an oiled frying pan over a medium warmth till piping scorching. Then assemble with flatbreads and salad.
Marinade forward:
- You possibly can after all marinate the rooster forward – then cowl and refrigerate it.
- Marinate the rooster for up 2 hours forward
OR
- Pass over the lemon zest, juice and salt and you’ll marinate the night time earlier than. Stir the lemon zest, juice and salt in about 10 minutes earlier than you prepare dinner it.
Leftovers:
- LeftoversThis rooster tastes nice, served chilly the following day as a part of a salad or wrap.Merely cool the cooked rooster rapidly, then cowl and refrigerate till the following day.
📺 Watch the way to make it
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Add the rooster and marinade substances to a bowl, give it stir, then cowl and place within the fridge to marinade for an hour or two.
500 g (17 1/2 oz) rooster thigh fillets, 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, zest and juice of 1 medium lemon, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp dried dill
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Add the salad substances to a bowl and toss every thing collectively.
1/2 a big cucumber, 100 g (3 1/3 cups) Cos or Romaine lettuce, 2 giant tomatoes, 1/4 crimson onion
Griddle/Frying pan possibility for cooking rooster:
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While you’re able to prepare dinner your rooster, warmth up a griddle pan till highly regarded, take your rooster out of the fridge, take away from the bag and place the rooster in a single layer on the griddle. It ought to begin to sizzle.
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Go away to prepare dinner for a few minutes till browned, then utilizing some tongs, flip over. Proceed to prepare dinner till the rooster is cooked all through. You possibly can check this by slicing one of many bigger items of rooster in half, and making certain it is scorching and now not pink within the center.
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Squeeze on the juice of half a lemon for further zing (non-obligatory).
a squeeze of lemon juice
Air Fryer possibility for cooking rooster:
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Spray/brush your air fryer basket with oil. Add the rooster, and spray/brush on extra oil. Air fry on the air fryer setting at 200C/400F for 15-18 minutes, tossing as soon as, midway by cooking. You possibly can check this by slicing one of many bigger items of rooster in half, and making certain it is scorching and now not pink within the center.
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Squeeze on the juice of half a lemon for further zing (non-obligatory)
a squeeze of lemon juice
Serving:
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Place the flatbreads onto 4 plates, and distribute the rooster between every wrap. Add a bit of the salad, spoon stuffed with the tzatziki, and a sprinkle on the feta cheese. Then roll up the wraps. Serve with the remaining salad and Tzatziki.
4 Greek-style flatbreads (or home made flatbreads), 100 g (3 1/2 oz) feta cheese, Tzatziki
Dietary info
Dietary Data is per serving for the rooster souvlaki, salad and feta. It excludes the flatbreads and tzatziki as retailer purchased choices can range considerably.
Notice – for those who’re utilizing my home made tzatziki – it has its personal dietary info in that recipe card.
Energy: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 29g | Fats: 18g | Saturated Fats: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 8g | Trans Fats: 0.02g | Ldl cholesterol: 141mg | Sodium: 694mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g
Vitamin info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
This rooster souvlaki recipe was first posted in August 2014. Up to date since with new images, video and for housekeeping causes.
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