Chicken Souvlaki

Name: Chicken Souvlaki
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 800 g chicken thighs, cut into 4 cm chunks; 60 ml olive oil; 2 lemons, juiced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tsp dried oregano; to taste salt and pepper; 250 g Greek yogurt; 4 pita breads

Lemon-oregano skewers with garlicky yogurt.

Total: 40 min
Active: 20 min
Serves: 4
Cuisine: mediterranean

Servings4

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Ingredients

Garlic yogurt

9 oz Greek yogurt

To serve

4 pita breads

Steps

Marinate the chicken in the oil, most of the lemon juice, half the garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper for at least 20 minutes.
Stir the remaining garlic and lemon juice into the yogurt with a pinch of salt.
Thread the chicken onto skewers and grill over high heat 10–12 minutes, turning, until charred and cooked through.
Warm the pitas on the grill for 30 seconds a side.
Serve the skewers in pita with the garlic yogurt.