This Low Calorie Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce can be made in just 30 minutes! It’s just 326 calories and has over 29g of protein!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- 1 chicken breast
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (divided)
- 1 teaspoon dill (divided)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (divided)
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ½ cup 0% Greek Yogurt
- 1 cucumber
- Olive oil spray
- ½ red bell pepper
- ¼ red onion sliced
- 2 flat breads pitas, or naan bread
- ½ cup chopped romaine lettuce
- ¼ cup diced tomato
- 2 tablespoons kalamata olives (optional)
Low Calorie Greek Chicken Gyros
Healthy Greek Chicken Gyros Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: These can make wonderful meal prep meals! I recommend adding the cooked chicken, veggies in one container. The sauce in another container and the wrap in the 3rd container. But you can assemble them if you are prepping them for tomorrow.
Storage: Will hold in the fridge for 5 days, does not hold well in the fridge.
Low Calorie Greek Chicken Gyros Recipe
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Low Calorie Greek Chicken Gyros
Ingredients
Chicken Gyro Marinade:
- 1 chicken breast boneless and skinless
- 1 lemon
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dill
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Gyro Tzatziki Sauce:
- ½ cup 0% Greek Yogurt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dill
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 inch of cucumber about 1/4 of an average cucumber
Gyro Wrap:
- Olive oil spray
- ½ red bell pepper sliced thin
- ¼ red onion sliced thin
- 2 flat breads pitas, or naan bread
- ¼ cup chopped cucumber about 1/4 of an average cucumber
- ½ cup chopped romaine lettuce about 2 large leaves
- ¼ cup diced tomato about 1/2 a medium tomato
- 2 tablespoons kalamata olives sliced (optional)
Instructions
Marinate the chicken:
- Add the chicken to a freezer bag or bowl.
- Zest the lemon over the chicken, then juice the lemon and add all of the juice to the chicken.
- Add in the garlic powder, dill, salt and pepper. If using a bag, close and squish together, if using a bowl, coat the chicken with the marinade and cover.
- Marinade for 1-12 hours in the fridge.
Make the Tzatziki Sauce:
- Add the yogurt, garlic powder, dill and salt to a medium bowl.
- Use a cheese grater to shred the cucumber, and add to the yogurt.
- Mix well, cover and set aside.
Make the Gyro Wrap:
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Spray with olive oil and then add in the bell pepper and onion.
- Add in the chicken breast, and reserve the marinade.
- Cook for 8 minutes, flip the chicken and mix the vegetables, and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through with no pink in the center.
- Remove the chicken from the skillet and slice thin, then add back to the skillet along with the reserved marinade.
- Cook for an additional 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.
- To each flat bread, spread over 1/8 cup of the Tzatziki sauce, add 1/2 of the chicken. Top with chopped cucumber, lettuce, tomato and olives.
- Serve immediately, with more Tzatziki sauce on the side or drizzled over the top.
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Beautiful. I would also add some oregano next time.