Chicken Gyros with Cucumber Salsa and Tsatsiki

Chicken Gyros with Cucumber Salsa and Tsatsiki
Chicken Gyros with Cucumber Salsa and Tsatsiki
It's March, which feels like the longest month, and for many of us, it's still cold and dreary outside. Time to start fantasizing about sitting at a café table somewhere hot and dazzlingly sunnyéa Greek island would do nicely. These hearty sandwiches will take you there.
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  • Served Person: Makes 4 servings
Greek Mediterranean Sandwich Chicken Tomato Quick & Easy Lunch Lemon Cucumber Simmer Gourmet Peanut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/4 cup chopped mint
  • 1 pint grape tomatoes, quartered
  • Carbohydrate 34 g(11%)
  • Cholesterol 51 mg(17%)
  • Fat 27 g(42%)
  • Fiber 4 g(18%)
  • Protein 22 g(44%)
  • Saturated Fat 7 g(36%)
  • Sodium 249 mg(10%)
  • Calories 453

Preparation Preheat broiler. Peel and grate 1 cucumber, then squeeze it with your hands to remove excess water. Stir together with yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, one third of garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make tsatsiki. Cut remaining cucumber into 1/4-inch pieces and stir together with tomatoes, onion, parsley, mint, remaining 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make salsa. Gently simmer oil, oregano, rosemary, remaining garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a small heavy saucepan, stirring constantly, until garlic is fragrant but not browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Toss chicken with 3 tablespoons garlic oil and brush one side of bread with remainder. Heat bread, oiled side up, in a 4-sided sheet pan, covered with foil, 3 to 4 inches from broiler 3 minutes. Uncover and broil, rotating bread for even coloring, until golden in spots, about 2 minutes. Spread some of tsatsiki on warm bread and top with chicken and some of lettuce and salsa. Serve remaining lettuce, salsa, and tsatsiki on the side. Cooks' note:Tsatsiki can be made 1 day ahead and chilled.

Preparation Preheat broiler. Peel and grate 1 cucumber, then squeeze it with your hands to remove excess water. Stir together with yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, one third of garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make tsatsiki. Cut remaining cucumber into 1/4-inch pieces and stir together with tomatoes, onion, parsley, mint, remaining 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make salsa. Gently simmer oil, oregano, rosemary, remaining garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a small heavy saucepan, stirring constantly, until garlic is fragrant but not browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Toss chicken with 3 tablespoons garlic oil and brush one side of bread with remainder. Heat bread, oiled side up, in a 4-sided sheet pan, covered with foil, 3 to 4 inches from broiler 3 minutes. Uncover and broil, rotating bread for even coloring, until golden in spots, about 2 minutes. Spread some of tsatsiki on warm bread and top with chicken and some of lettuce and salsa. Serve remaining lettuce, salsa, and tsatsiki on the side. Cooks' note:Tsatsiki can be made 1 day ahead and chilled.