Chicken Souvlaki

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Grilled Chicken Souvlaki

Tzatziki Sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 small garlic clove, minced to paste
¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
½ cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and diced fine (about ½ cup)
3 tablespoons minced fresh mint
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
3/8 teaspoon salt

Chicken
Salt and pepper
1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest plus 4 tablespoons juice (2 lemons)
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 small red onion, ends trimmed, peeled, halved lengthwise, each half cut into 4 chunks (leave in chunks)
1 red bell pepper, halved, stemmed, seeded, and cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
4 (8-inch) pita breads

1. For the Tzatziki Sauce: Whisk lemon juice and garlic together in small bowl. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir in yogurt, cucumber, mint, parsley, and salt. Cover and set aside.

2. For the Chicken:  Combine olive oil, lemon zest and juice, parsley, honey, oregano, and ½ teaspoon pepper in medium bowl. Transfer 4 tablespoons oil mixture to large bowl and set aside.

3. Toss chicken with remaining oil mixture. Thread 4 pieces of pepper, curved side up, onto skewer. Thread ¼ of chicken onto skewer. Thread 2 chunks of onion onto skewer, and place skewer on plate. Repeat skewering remaining chicken and vegetables on three more skewers. Lightly moisten 2 pita breads with water. Sandwich two un-moistened pita breads between moistened pita breads and wrap stack tightly in lightly greased heavy-duty foil.

5. Clean and oil cooking grate. Place skewers over hot side, and cook, turning occasionally, until chicken and vegetables are well browned on all sides and chicken registers 160 degrees, 15 to 20 minutes. Using fork, push meat and vegetables off skewers into bowl of reserved olive oil mixture. Stir gently, breaking up onion chunks; cover with foil and set aside 5 minutes.

6. While chicken rests, place packet of pitas on cool side of grill. Flip occasionally to heat through, about 5 minutes.