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Pork Souvlaki with Tzatziki

Name: Pork Souvlaki with Tzatziki
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: GR
Ingredients: 800g pork shoulder or neck, cut into 3cm cubes; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 lemon, juiced (plus wedges to serve); 3 cloves garlic, grated; 2 tsp dried Greek oregano; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 1 cucumber, coarsely grated; 300g thick Greek yoghurt; 1 clove garlic, grated, for the tzatziki; 1 tbsp dill, chopped; 1 tbsp olive oil, for the tzatziki; 1 tsp red wine vinegar; 4 pitta breads; 2 tomatoes, sliced; 1 red onion, thinly sliced

Photo: Joshua Kettle / Unsplash

20m

Prep

15m

Cook

Servings

Easy

Difficulty

Greek street-food skewers: cubes of pork marinated in lemon, garlic, olive oil and oregano, grilled until charred at the edges, served with cool homemade tzatziki, warm pitta, tomatoes and onion.

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Servings

Ingredients

Nutrition

calories640

protein48g

carbs38g

fat32g

fiber3g

Per serving

Steps

Marinate

Toss the pork with the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

⏱2:00:00

Make the tzatziki

Squeeze the grated cucumber hard in a clean cloth to remove its water. Mix with the yoghurt, garlic, dill, olive oil and vinegar, season with salt and chill.

Thread the skewers

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Grill

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Warm the pittas

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Serve

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Marinate

Toss the pork with the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

⏱2:00:00

Make the tzatziki

Squeeze the grated cucumber hard in a clean cloth to remove its water. Mix with the yoghurt, garlic, dill, olive oil and vinegar, season with salt and chill.

Thread the skewers

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Grill

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Warm the pittas

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Serve

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History & Culture

The Story Behind the Dish

📍 Greece (with roots in ancient grilling)📅 Ancient roots; modern form 1950s🍢 GR

Grilling skewered meat over coals is an ancient Greek tradition — Homer describes it in the Iliad. The modern souvlaki stand took off in the 1950s, when vendors in Athens and Thessaloniki began selling skewers and pitta wraps as cheap, quick food.

Today a souvlatzidiko, or souvlaki shop, can be found on almost every street corner in Greece.

⭐ Why It's Famous

It's Greece's everyday fast food: smoky, lemony, simple, and eaten standing up or late at night.

💡 Fun Fact

In Athens, "souvlaki" can mean either the skewer itself or a pitta wrap — and the wrap often comes with chips tucked inside.

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Greece (with roots in ancient grilling)

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Pork Souvlaki with Tzatziki

Ingredients

Nutrition

Steps

Marinate

Make the tzatziki

Thread the skewers

Grill

Warm the pittas

Serve

Marinate

Make the tzatziki

Thread the skewers

Grill

Warm the pittas

Serve

The Story Behind the Dish

⭐ Why It's Famous

💡 Fun Fact

Greece (with roots in ancient grilling)

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