Chicken gyros with garlic sauce and lettuce
This fresh chicken gyros with creamy garlic sauce and crispy iceberg lettuce brings Mediterranean flavors to the table: juicy chicken breast marinated with paprika, cumin, and oregano, fried with colorful bell peppers and onions.
Ingredients · Servings 4
- 3 chicken fillets
- 1 clove of garlic, pressed
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 kl oregano
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 rode ui
- 4 pita breads
- 3 the mayonnaise
- 3 the yogurt
- 2 cloves of garlic
- a few sprigs of chives, finely chopped
- 1 head of iceberg lettuce
- olive oil
- pepper
- salty
Method · 20 min
- Cut the chicken fillets into thin strips. Mix in the pressed garlic clove, the tomato paste, and the spices (paprika powder, cumin and oregano, pepper and salt).
- Cut the bell peppers and the onion into fine strips.
- Heat a splash of olive oil in a pan over the heat. Fry the chicken and vegetables in it.
- Mix the mayonnaise with the yogurt, the pressed garlic clove, the finely chopped chives, a pinch of pepper, and a pinch of salt.
- Warm the pita bread in the toaster or oven. Finely chop the iceberg lettuce.
- Fill the pita breads with some lettuce and the chicken gyros. Serve with the garlic sauce.
