Souvlaki Roast Chicken with Lemon Mint Tzatziki

Souvlaki Roast hen with Lemon Mint Tzatziki - a very flavorful manner to serve marinated, oven roasted chook pieces for a terrific dinner any night time of the week.

we are large fans of souvlaki at our house and this tasty Monday night time dinner did now not disappoint. We often skewer souvlaki marinated diced fowl in the summertime and experience a brief and flavourful meal from the backyard grill. even as we nevertheless do this underneath the broiler or in a forged iron grill pan on pinnacle of the stove, I decided a iciness roast chook version of or circle of relatives favourite changed into worth a strive. Boy turned into it ever.

I broke down a whole fowl into portions for this recipe and stored the pores and skin on but you can easily use whatever  skinless fowl portions you like.  an entire roast chicken  will  work nicely too . inside the extraordinarily excessive warmth the pores and skin crisped up properly and rendered pretty nicely but the skinless model might really be a decrease fats, more healthy preference.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 lbs chicken pieces well trimmed or skinless

For the Souvlaki Marinade :

• 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 3 rounded tbsp smoked paprika
• 2/3 cup  fresh lemon juice
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 6 cloves minced garlic
• 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

For the Lemon Mint Tzatziki :

1. 3 cups Greek yogurt drained.
2. 6 inch piece of English cucumber
3. 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
4. 2 cloves minced garlic
5. 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
6. 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
7. 2 tbsp olive oil
8. pinch salt and pepper to season

INSTRUCTIONS

To prepare the marinated chook :

1. blend all of the marinade components collectively and pour over the chicken in a Ziploc bag.
2. Toss the hen round well within the marinade to coat on all facets. Marinate in the refrigerator for more than one hours or in a single day.
3. Preheat the oven to 375 levels F. region the bird pieces on a wire rack on pinnacle of a baking sheet and roast for approximately 60-75 minutes relying on the scale of your hen pieces. i love to turn the portions over as soon as all through the cooking time.
4. Serve with a Greek Salad, flat-bread and tzatziki.

To prepare the Lemon Mint Tzatziki :

1. Draining the yogurt removes a whole lot of the liquid and produces an cease product approximately the consistency of thick bitter cream. to drain the yogurt, line a colander with numerous layers of cheesecloth (or in a pinch, numerous massive espresso filters) Pour the yogurt into the colander and area it in a massive bowl or within the sink for an hour or . this need to produce about 2 cups of thick yogurt.
2. Peel the piece of cucumber and do away with the seeds and pulp on the center with a teaspoon, then dice the out of doors flesh of the cucumber into small cubes of  1/eight inch or less.
3. Sprinkle  the kosher salt over the diced cucumber and toss together properly. permit this rest for about a 1/2 hour , stirring from time to time. This technique removes some of the liquid from the cucumber which will now not water down the consistency of your finished tzatziki.
4. Drain all of the liquid off the diced cucumber earlier than including it to the drained yogurt along with  the last elements for the marinade.
5. blend well, cover and keep in the refrigerator for as a minimum a 1/2 hour earlier than serving.