Greek Chicken Souvlaki at Home without a Grill

In today’s video we’ll show you how to cook Greek chicken souvlaki at home without a grill. This delicious traditional Greek dish is easy to make at home in your oven. Using this recipe, you can achieve flavorful and juicy chicken in your oven. We’ll prepare a marinade for the chicken including oregano which will give it even more flavor! To pair with our chicken souvlaki we’re making a yogurt and cucumber sauce and a simple salad of tomatoes and cucumbers. Hit play to learn how to make this traditional Greek dish at home.
Chicken souvlaki is an authentic Greek dish that is easy to make at home in your oven. This recipe will show you how to make tender and juicy chicken kebabs at home. One thing we thought was really cool about this house was how they designed the windows with scenes of what this area would have looked like during Ataturk’s time living here. This detail really immerses you in the experience. This is a healthy and flavorful Mediterranean recipe that we’re sure you’ll love!
00:00 Welcome
00:25 TurksWhoEat Intro
00:52 Make the Marinade
01:37 Prepare the Chicken
02:12 Bake the Chicken
02:38 Make the Yogurt Sauce and Salad
03:26 Serve the Chicken
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Ingredients:
Chicken Souvlaki
- 32 grams or ¼ cup olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon (zest it first and set the zest aside for the yogurt sauce)
- 2 tsps dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 500 grams or 1 pound of chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
- Wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes
- Pita or wraps for serving
Yogurt Sauce
- 130 grams or 1 cup of Greek yogurt
- ½ cucumber, grated
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Pinch of salt
Salad
- 1 handful of fresh tomatoes
- ½ cucumber
- Olive oil
- Lemon juice
- Pinch of salt
Method:
- Prepare the marinade by mixing together the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. Add the chicken and toss to combine. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 230C/450F
- Skewer the chicken, but don’t use up the entire skewer
- Place the skewers on a baking dish, so the skewers hang over the edge on both sides
- Bake for 15 minutes, turning halfway through. Then broil for another 1-2 minutes.
- To prepare the yogurt sauce, combine the yogurt, grated cucumber, lemon salt and pinch of salt.
- To prepare the salad, chop the cucumber and tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil, a bit of lemon juice and add a pinch of salt.
- Serve the chicken on warm pita or wraps with the yogurt sauce and salad, and enjoy!
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[@turkswhoeat]

We really enjoyed eating chicken souvlaki during our time in Greece! One of our favorite plates of souvlaki was at Kaomirakis Taverna, right up the road from Elafonissi beach. We definitely recommend checking this place out if you are in the area, they have great seafood too!
Kalomirakis Taverna: www.elafonisi-resort.com/restaurant/

[@Letsdoittoit-fi3pz]

Going to cook the chicken this way and make tacos with it haha

[@gregooo8198]

Yoooo that's a great idea

[@gregooo8198]

Hmm this is a great alternative way of cooking souvlaki, thanks for the idea!

[@turkswhoeat]

You're welcome, let us know how you like it!

[@ThisGuy-gr8mv]

Good trick for people who don’t have a grill!

[@turkswhoeat]

Yeah, we were happy that it worked well!