How To Make Greek Lamb Souvlaki with Garlic Yogurt Dip
Grilled greek lamb souvlaki with bell peppers and red onions then served with a flavorful yogurt dip and a refreshing Greek side salad.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Souvlaki Skewers:
- ¼cupolive oil
- 2tbspfresh thyme,coarsely chopped or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2tbspparsley,coarsley chopped
- 1tsporegano,dried
- 2garlic cloves,crushed
- 1lemon juice
- 2lblean lamb,diced into 1½-inch cubes
- 1red onion,cut into 1½-inch pieces
- 1red capsicum,bell pepper, cut into 1½ inch pieces
- 10wooden,or metal skewers
- sea salt and ground pepper
Additional:
- 4small pita bread,halved or 8 Tortillas
- 1tbspolive oil
- salt,to taste
For the Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
- ½cucumber,finely grated
- 1garlic clove,crushed
- ½tspdill,dried
- 1cupGreek yogurt,fat free
- lemon juice
- sea salt,to taste
For the Greek Side Salad:
- 1cupcherry tomatoes
- 1red onion,thinly sliced
- 1cucumber,sliced
- 2tbspKalamata olives,pitted and sliced
- 100gFeta cheese,reduced fat
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1tspred wine vinegar,adjust to your tastes
- ½tsporegano,dried
- sea salt,to taste
Instructions
Souvlaki:
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Combine the oil together with the herbs and spices, garlic, and lemon juice; whisk well and mix the lamb through to coat evenly. Cover with wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours or overnight for a deeper flavor.
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Soak wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes. Assemble the skewers alternating with 1 piece of onion, 1 piece of capsicum, and 1 piece of lamb.
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Repeat until all skewers are full. Sprinkle salt over the skewered lamb.
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Heat a skillet/frying pan, griddle pan, or barbecue, and cook the lamb for 15 to 20 minutes; turning once throughout cooking time until browned and crispy on both sides and cooked to your liking.
Bread:
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Heat a separate Grill pan on low-medium heat; brush with oil and place the bread onto pan; flipping once until heated through.
Garlic Yogurt Dip:
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Combine all ingredients together and mix until combined. Squeeze over some lemon juice and set aside.
Salad:
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Combine all ingredients into a bowl and mix them through until well combined.
Nutrition
- Calories: 964.96kcal
- Fat: 93.64g
- Saturated Fat: 44.70g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 39.93g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.60g
- Carbohydrates: 18.02g
- Fiber: 2.98g
- Sugar: 5.47g
- Protein: 14.24g
- Cholesterol: 103.23mg
- Sodium: 751.31mg
- Calcium: 145.54mg
- Potassium: 407.87mg
- Iron: 2.08mg
- Vitamin A: 57.44µg
- Vitamin C: 30.84mg
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