Grilled souvlaki chicken on a Greek type salad with pita croutons and and Gyro-style tzatziki dressing.
Grilled Chicken Gyro Salad with Pita Croutons
by Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
recipe via Erin | The Spiffy Cookie
I don’t recall if I told anyone yet, but recently I joined a group of fellow bloggers called the Secret Recipe Club. In the group you are assigned a blog each month, and then choose a recipe to tag, cook and blog. I had been wanting to join this group for quite sometime now, as I am fond of tagging and preparing recipes from people I know online, and have been doing so for years. But even so, my application with the group got lost last year and I forgot about it as well. But recently remembering it and inquiring again, I was accepted into the group right away. Being a first time participant, I can say I am really stoked about trying someone else’s recipe, which to be truthful, I often find little time to do when I make so many of my own recipes. But I do find the time when needed and I hope this is just the beginning of a long and lasting relationship between Palatable Pastime and the group. I know my family, friends and other readers will be quite excited to take a peek at all the good things that are in store. And what good things?
This month I was assigned the blog The Spiffy Cookie. It is written by Erin. I must tell you that browsing the blog, I came across recipe after recipe of tantalizing ideas. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. And in fact, there are quite a few holiday recipes in there that I will be returning to for Christmas morning as well. It was so hard to decide! But finally I settled on the Grilled Chicken Gyro salad with Pita Croutons.
I picked a winner.
Chicken Marinade Ingredients
Cubed Chicken
Chicken in Marinade
Don’t forget to soak your wooden skewers!
Tzatziki Dressing Ingredients
It may seem like a lot of work to look at, but this is a one-dish meal, that is made in components the same way you would any dinner menu. I don’t have an exact time down for how long it took me to prepare (I was making watermelon rind pickles at the same time anyway). But if I can do pickles and get this on the table in about the same time, most people shouldn’t have any worries.
Grating Cucumber
Tzatziki Dressing
Crouton Ingredients
Cutting Pita Bread
Seasoning Croutons
The salad itself is like a Greek salad with souvlaki and a tzatziki dressing (gyro sauce) which really is more like a salad dressing than a typical tzatziki sauce. The croutons are from pita bits which are baked quite easily for just a few minutes until they are crisp.
I served my salads in noodle bowls and it was quite filling. No room for anything else but maybe wine (isn’t there always room for wine?)
Baking Croutons
Croutons after Baking
Salad Toppings
Salad Before Adding Chicken and Croutons
Grilling Chicken
My husband gave it a big thumbs up as he adores dinner salads.
Make sure you drop by Erin’s blog and tell her I sent you. —–>>>>> The Spiffy Cookie
Here is the recipe Erin shared with me:
Grilled Chicken Gyro Salad with Pita Croutons
Chicken and Marinade Ingredients:
- 1.25 pounds boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2-3 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- soaked bamboo skewers or oiled metal skewers (as needed)
Taztziki Dressing:
- 1/2 large cucumber, peeled, seeded and grated or finely chopped
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 2 small garlic cloves, minced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried dill weed
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Croutons:
- 2 large or 4 small pita bread, but into 1/2-inch squares
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
- salt (to taste)
Salad:
- 3 romaine hearts, chopped
- 1/2 of 15 ounce can chickpeas, drained
- 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 large cucumber, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup pitted kalamata olive, sliced if desired
- 3-4 punces feta cheese, crumbled
To view recipe instructions, click the link HERE.
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The kitchen of thespiffycookie.com
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Welcome to the SRC Sue! And,what a FABULOUS recipe too – The Spiffy Cook was one of my first assignments and she has some amazing recipes, of which this is one! Karen
Thanks. If I get lost in Erin’s blog, send out a search party. I’ll probably be found somewhere near the autumn and holiday sections, grinning ear to ear! 🙂
Simply perfect! Love everything about this recipe, my kind of lunch or dinner actually!
It was excellent. Erin has a top notch recipe there.
Yummy! That salad looks amazing! The perfect summery dinner meal!
Thank you!
Yay I love that salad and am so glad that you did as well. I agree that it seems like a lot of work looking at the recipe but it really does come together easily enough. And yes there is always room for wine 😉
I am not one to be agraid of long ingredient lists. Some people don’t like more than 5 ings. but they are missing out on complexity of flavor. Glad I got your blog for my first assignment! I’ll be diving back in there soon!
Welcome to Group D! Your salad looks amazing. Everything about it!!!
Thank you! We can thank Erin for having such great recipes to choose from!
Another one of your recipes that I’m saving to try! I love salads like this for dinner.
We gobble it up. Erin has a great recipe there. Make sure if you print it to grab the print from Erin’s blog too to get the full recipe.
I’m going to make this delicious lookings salad…You did a wonderful job on the steps and pictures leading to the end result!!!
Thanks! I don’t always get as many photos as I’d like, but that day the camera was being nice to me! 🙂
Thanks! We’ll be making the salad again and again!
Welcome to the club Sue….great choice!!
Thanks, Wendy!
Welcome (again) to Secret Recipe Club and Group D! We are glad to have you 🙂 What a gorgeous pick for the first reveal day – those croutons alone sound incredible!
Thanks! I picked a winner from Erin’s recipes!
Ooh, what a fun idea. I love the pita croutons! Welcome to the group. Great first pick!
Thanks. I couldn’t resist making this one!
Oh my this salad looks amazing. It is so hot right now all I want to eat is salad. Saving this recipe for sure. Great pick!
Thanks.
Oh my goodness this looks like THE perfect summer salad – I need to make this, soon!! Yumm!!
We liked it a lot!
It has been way too long since I have had a gyro. This looks amazing. I would eat all those pita croutons.
Thanks. We really enjoyed the recipe!
This salad looks amazing! What a great dish to enjoy during these warm summer months! Happy (late) reveal day!
Thanks so much!
LOVE GYROS!!!!!
Brings me back to my trip to greece a few years ago
Great pick!
Thank you!
Welcome to the SRC! What an awesome recipe to start us off – it looks SO good. I love Erin’s blog, and this was a great choice from it. Delicious and such pretty pictures!
Thanks! Erin does have very interesting recipes and she has a fantastic blog!
Using pita for croutons is such a great idea! Beautiful salad.
Thank you!