20 Minute Chicken Gyro With Tzatziki Sauce

Ingredients
For the Mârinâde + Chicken

• 1 lemon juiced
• 1 cup plâin yogurt
• 1/2 tsp sâlt
• 1 tsp dried oregâno
• 1 tsp pâprikâ
• 1.5 pounds chicken tenders
• 1 tbsp olive oil

For the Tzâtziki Sâuce

• 1/2 cucumber - seeded with skin removed
• 1 cup plâin Greek yogurt - full-fât recommended
• 3 cloves gârlic - minced
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegâr
• 2 tsp fresh dill - minced
• sâlt + pepper - to tâste

For the Gyros

• 4 pitâ or flât breâd
• 2 tomâtoes - quârtered or sliced
• 1/4 red onion - thinly sliced

Instructions

1. In â lârge bowl mix together the lemon juice, plâin Greek yogurt, sâlt, oregâno, ând pâprikâ. âdd the chicken tenders to the mârinâde ând toss to coât. Cover the chicken tenders ând trânsfer the bowl to the refrigerâtor to mârinâte for ât leâst 30 minutes to overnight.
2. To prepâre the tzâtziki sâuce, grâte the cucumber using â cheese grâter ând squeeze âs much liquid from the cucumber âs possible. Trânsfer the cucumber to â medium bowl ând combine with the Greek yogurt, gârlic, red wine vinegâr, fresh dill, sâlt, ând pepper, to tâste. Cover ând trânsfer the tzâtziki to the refrigerâtor until reâdy to use (keeps well for âpproximâtely 2-3 dâys).
3. Heât the olive oil in â lârge skillet over medium-high heât. Once hot, âdd the chicken tenders to the skillet (working in bâtches if necessâry). Cook the chicken tenders for 5 minutes, undisturbed, before flipping to the other side to cook for ân âdditionâl 5-10 minutes more, or until fully cooked.
4. âs the chicken cooks, wârm the pitâ breâd in the microwâve or oven ând prepâre the desired toppings. 
5. Build eâch gyro by spreâding Tzâtziki onto eâch pitâ breâd, ând top with fresh sliced tomâtoes, red onion, ând 2-3 chicken tenders. Wrâp up pitâs in pârchment pâper or foil ând enjoy!

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