Slow Cooker Chicken Gyros Recipe

Published: March 12, 2013Updated: January 7, 2021Author: Camille Beckstrand
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Slow Cooker Chicken Gyros Recipe

Tangy, delicious chicken topped with fresh vegetables and creamy Tzatziki sauce.

This recipe is so simple and makes a fresh, light dinner everyone will love! Every year, the Greek Festival comes to Salt Lake City and my husband and I love to go.

We have no Greek ancestors or links to Greece of any kind, but Greeks just know how to put on quite the party and we always have such a good time!

One of my favorite parts is all the delicious food . . . seriously, they have some of the most amazing dishes.

I was thinking about a gyro that I had there last year and decided to try and make a chicken gyro of my own.

I decided to adapt it for the slow cooker so that it would make my life even easier and it worked perfectly!

This meal was a good way to mix up our menu and my kids liked it . . . they are getting so cultured!

(Ha ha- I don’t even know how Greek this dish really is . . . all I know is that it tastes good and my kids like it!)

If you have an Instant Pot, be sure to check out how to make our Beef Gyros in the Instant Pot.

Serves: 6

Slow Cooker Chicken Gyros

15 minPrep Time

8 hrCook Time

8 hr, 15 Total Time

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Ingredients

  • Gyros:
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • Tzatziki sauce:
  • 1 cup fat free, plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup grated cucumber
  • 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • Salt, to taste

Instructions

  1. Spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Place chicken breasts inside slow cooker.
  3. Mix remaining ingredients together in a bowl and pour over chicken breasts.
  4. Cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours or LOW 6-8 hours.
  5. Shred chicken and serve with pocketless pita bread, sliced tomatoes, sliced onions, sliced cucumbers, lettuce, and Tzatziki sauce.
  6. To make the Tzatziki sauce:
  7. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. Stir before serving.

Nutrition

Calories

162 cal

Fat

4 g

Carbs

9 g

Protein

21 g
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  1. Erin Keene says:
    March 12, 2013
    These look delicious~!
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  2. Eric Pepple says:
    March 12, 2013
    Love this idea! Thanks for sharing :)

    Happy Blogging!
    Happy Valley Chow
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  3. Tess @ Pro-tography 101 says:
    March 12, 2013
    Just found your blog-looks great!
    My blog has recipes also:
    http://www.cakeandvodka.com
    (google will go to other blog).
    Reply
  4. Amanda says:
    March 12, 2013
    I love the Greek Festival. I am not Greek but my friend is. Where did you find the pita bread having a hard time finding them.
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    • Six Sisters says:
      March 12, 2013
      At our grocery store it is in the bakery over by the fresh deli meat. Hope this helps, every store is a little different. -The Six Sisters
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    • April says:
      January 3, 2014
      At our grocery, they're located by the deli (where they slice meats and cheeses for you.)
      Reply
  5. Laura says:
    March 25, 2013
    I'm so glad you guys enjoyed these! Love the flavors - and that tzatziki? I could put that stuff on anything!
    Reply
  6. Lindsey says:
    April 3, 2013
    The best pitas are at costco - pack of 12 for under $3 and they are so soft and delicious!
    Reply
  7. Harrison Glaze says:
    April 3, 2013
    delicious! I made it with chicken thighs as i was making it for 12 people, they all took the recipe (and your web address !)
    Reply
  8. Katie Opsal says:
    April 7, 2013
    Can the chicken be frozen?
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    • Six Sisters says:
      April 8, 2013
      You can put the frozen chicken in the slow cooker. Check to make sure they are cooked through before shredding. May take a little longer to cook if frozen.
      Reply
      • melanie says:
        March 27, 2014
        Cook frozen chicken in your slow cooker if you want to breed bacteria. The USDA recommends that you cook fully thawed chicken in the crock pot to avoid poisoning yourself.
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        • TKD says:
          April 20, 2016
          I have been using frozen chicken in the crockpot for years and have never poisoned myself.
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  9. Krista says:
    July 11, 2013
    Do you have the nutritional information for this? Or at least, calories per serving :)
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    • Cyd says:
      July 17, 2013
      Yes! Just click on the MAGIC button under the picture on the blog post. Then click on NUTRITION. That will give you the servings and all the nutritional info that you will need. This is our new sister site - MyRecipeMagic.com. So many great features. Be sure to stop by and check it out.
      Reply
  10. Aggie says:
    July 23, 2013
    Totally adding this to dinner rotation! It looks wonderful!!
    Reply
  11. Mallory says:
    August 26, 2013
    What size slow cooker did you use for this recipe? I just received mine in the mail and it's 6 quarts.
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  12. Emily says:
    September 5, 2013
    This is my boyfriends favorite food. Have it cooking right now to surprise him when he gets home. Smells great!!
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  13. Em says:
    September 23, 2013
    Can these be cokled on top of the stove??
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    • Cyd says:
      September 27, 2013
      You could cut up your chicken and cook it on the stove top. Wouldn't be as moist as cooking it in a slow cooker all day.
      Reply
  14. Amanda says:
    October 20, 2013
    We're putting this in the crock pot for tonight's dinner - even my picky 7 yo son is looking forward to trying them. My husband is allergic to cucumbers, however, so we're going to have to try plain sour cream instead of tzatziki sauce but I'm going to make it for myself another time :). Thanks for the awesome recipe - it's a nice change from the usual!
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    • K says:
      May 19, 2019
      You can make tazitki without the cucumber. The dill salt & pepper and a dark of lemon or red wine vinegar.
      Reply
  15. Kelli says:
    October 27, 2013
    With the Tzatziki if you use Greek yogurt do you need to drain it?
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  16. Desiree @ The36thAvenue says:
    December 17, 2013
    Yummy! I am pinning :)
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  17. Shelby says:
    December 26, 2013
    FYI- gyro meat is a shaved mixture of lamb and beef. :) So it would be a chicken pita, not a chicken gyro pita unless the gyro meat is in there too. I used to work at a Greek restaurant and didn't know that before either :)
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    • LB says:
      February 1, 2014
      If you are going to leave an information comment, please make sure you do your homework. Gyro meat can be veal, pork, chicken, lamb, etc.
      Reply
  18. Jessica says:
    January 15, 2014
    I made these last night for my family and they turned out absolutely amazing!! The chicken had great flavor and the combination of it with the fresh veggies was wonderful :) My 1 year old actually ate the cucumbers!! Will definitely be making this again! Thanks ladies! Your delicious recipes have made it easy to figure out what to make for dinner! I know that no matter what I try it will be amazing!!
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  19. BeckyP says:
    February 8, 2014
    Making these today, serving over a bed of lettuce as a salad since we don't eat bread. Can not wait!
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  20. Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says:
    February 20, 2014
    We had these tonight and they were awesome!! I added in pickled onions too.
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  21. Sierra says:
    July 15, 2014
    How many servings does this recipe make?
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    • Cyd says:
      July 15, 2014
      This recipe makes 4 servings.
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  22. Robin says:
    September 24, 2014
    I will make this today, using chicken thighs, I'm sure they will be more moist than breast meat, I can't wait until suppertime! Thanks!
    Reply
  23. Britney Bouldin says:
    October 20, 2014
    Can you mix all ingredients the night before and put in fridge? So you can place in crockpot in the morning just turn on?
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    • Cyd says:
      October 21, 2014
      Yes! That would work great! So easy and quick!!
      Reply
  24. Salty Pepper says:
    November 14, 2014
    I noticed this recipe doesn't call for salt. I appreciate simplicity, but why no salt?
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  25. Erin says:
    January 20, 2015
    I am totally making these for dinner tonight. I love chicken gyros! :)
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  26. Ashley says:
    January 28, 2015
    I am making this for dinner - looks great! One question, you call for oregano, do you use 1 tsp dried oregano leaves or 1 tsp ground oregano? Thanks!
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    • Cyd says:
      February 11, 2015
      We used ground oregano.
      Reply
  27. Olya says:
    February 16, 2015
    I tried this recipe. The flavoring of the chicken isn't right for gyros. It missed the mark. The tzatziki sauce was good though.
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  28. Chantel says:
    June 7, 2015
    My husband can't stop talking about these. He loved them! Definitely a keeper. Great summertime meal.
    Reply
  29. Heather says:
    November 28, 2015
    Thank you for sharing this recipe! The flavor wasn't bad, but I ran into two issues when preparing this. First, the amount of liquid you prescribe is not enough to keep the chicken moist in all crockpot sizes. We ended up adding chicken broth to it towards the end. Secondly, how on earth is 1 lb of chicken breasts enough to feed six people? Surely you jest! One of my adult guests took a peek inside the crockpot and quipped, "Enough for six people? Maybe for six fashion models on calorie restrictive diets!"
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  30. Tom's Mom says:
    January 23, 2016
    I tried this recipe and I don't know what I did wrong but it was basically inedible :( I followed the directions to a T. Hoping for better luck with your other crockpot recipes.
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    • Julie says:
      July 14, 2016
      Not inedible, but not flavorful or even very good. All my family tasted was the allspice, which is a very odd flavor in a chicken dish. My husband asked me to put about 4 TBSP of pesto in the leftovers and he pretended it was Italian. I won't be making this again.
      Reply
  31. Sheila says:
    April 8, 2016
    One of our favorites! Delicious.
    Reply
  32. Christina Debiasi says:
    January 10, 2021
    If wanted to make this in the instant pot what changes need to be made? Looks so good!!
    Reply
    • Momma Cyd says:
      January 13, 2021
      Here is a post we did about converting recipes to the Instant Pot. https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/how-to-convert-recipes-into-instant-pot-recipes/
      Reply
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