Last night I made Chicken Soulvaki and homemade tzatziki. The chicken breast I cut up into cubes and marinated in a lite greek salad dressing for a few hours that I doctored up with some extra lemon & dill. (Then skewerd it and grilled it)
For the tzatziki I used the Fage Greek Yogurt. (You can use regular yogurt but you'll have to drain it in a cheese cloth for a couple hours because it's not thick enough) I added:
1 medium cucumber finely diced and squeezed of excess liquid.
2 cloves garlic very finely minced
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tbs olive oil
And fresh dill to taste
Salt & Pepper
I then grilled the pita bread on the grill with a little olive oil.
Serve with lettuce, tomato, red onion and feta.
Pile it all up on your pita bread and you have an excellant chicken soulvaki!
I served it with cous cous.
I just discovered Fage at the supermarket when I was picking up things for my Mediterranian/Middle Eastern BBQ. I mixed it with some tahini and lemon and put it out as a "condiment" for the chicken shawarma.
what's chicken shawarma and how do you make it?
traditionally it seems like it's like chicken kabobs, but you can prepare the chicken any way you like. you basically take all the really powerful spices in your spice rack and rub them on the chicken. rachel ray has a decent recipe for it: http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/?q=recipes/chicken-shawarma
it looks like rachel ray uses the greek yogurt + lemon + tahini for this recipe. i like it because it gives a little bit of creaminess against all the spices on the chicken.
yum, this sounds good. I really like middle eastern/morroccan/greek food. It has so many strong flavors.
people were kind of wary of it at my bbq, but everyone that tried it loved it. i highly recommend doing it on a kabob and lightly grilling up some flatbread. it's fun and easy.
i never had really had good greek food before i went there and now all the time i search out the best places for Soulvaki, tzatziki, and baklava. and fage greek yogurt is the best. they do actually eat it in greece. i love the containers they have with the side pocket of honey or jam. delicious!