Chicken souvlaki platter
A fun way to dish up dinner is as a serve-yourself-platter with delicious components and let people choose how they like to assemble it! Make the pita bread yourself or use store brought pita breads.
Ingredients Home made pita bread (makes 8)
3 cups of plain flour
1 sachet of instant yeast (7 grams) 1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water
3 tablespoons olive oil
Teaspoon of salt
Chicken skewers
Chicken thighs (allow one or two boneless thighs per person)
Cut thigh meat into cubes and thread onto bamboo skewers
Marinade
Mix juice of 2 lemons together with 1 clove of garlic (peeled & chopped) salt and pepper, 1 tsp dried oregano, 1 one tsp dried mint and 1 tbsp of olive oil.
To serve
1 cucumber, chopped 10 cherry tomatoes 100g feta cheese French fries
1 red onion, sliced Yoghurt (optional) Lemon wedges
Method Pita Bread
1. In a large bowl add flour.
2. Mix water with salt, oil and yeast and pour into the flour and stir well together using your hands to bring it all together into a ball. Knead well (use a little flour if you need) on the bench.
3. Divide and roll into 8 balls. Using a rolling pin, roll out each pita into a saucer size disc shape.
4. In a hot heavy based pan, add a dash of olive oil and cook the pita breads, flipping over once slightly golden on one side.
To make the chicken
Pour marinade over chicken skewers.
Pan-fry chicken skewers until golden brown and chicken is cooked through. Keep warm in oven.
To assemble the platter
Add the chicken, pita breads, cucumber, tomatoes, feta cheese, red onion slices on a large platter.
Garnish with lemon wedges and yoghurt.
Sit in the centre of the table and let your guests selfserve.