INSTANT POT CHICKEN GYROS WITH HOMEMADE TZATZIKI SAUCE

Hi there! I finished my 31 days of Instant Pot recipes project but I’m not done using the Instant Pot at my house. It’s gained a permanent spot on my countertop. I used it twice today–to make hard boiled eggs for breakfast and then to make these Instant Pot Chicken Gyros for dinner. I’m finding out that I really like the fact that I can make most all my slow cooker dinners in the Instant Pot in minutes. This comes in handy when I forget to get dinner going in the morning in the crockpot. If you haven’t purchased an Instant Pot yet, I really recommend it.

Something that has been really popular lately on my website is Instant Pot Beef Gyros and Slow Cooker Beef Gyros. It’s been the most popular recipe for the past few weeks. I figured that there are many of you out there that would like a recipe for chicken gyros as well. I am so happy with the results of this recipe! All I can say is a big fat YUM! I believe there are 3 reasons that this meal was so tasty:

1. I used boneless, skinless chicken thighs. I know there are some of you out there that only buy boneless skinless chicken breasts. For the slow cooker and the Instant Pot the best choice is bone-in chicken or boneless, skinless chicken thighs. There is a bit more fat and collagen which makes the chicken moist and tender. Lately I’m really loving buying my chicken thighs at Costco in the fresh section. They are less than $2.00 a pound and I actually threw mine into my Instant Pot totally frozen in two solid bricks and it still tasted great.
2. I use full fat yogurt or 2% yogurt. The tzatziki sauce (cucumber yogurt sauce) was just perfect. I ended up using full-fat Greek yogurt for the tzatziki and I am so happy that I did. It was perfectly creamy and flavorful and I don’t think it would have tasted so great if I had used the non-fat versionused the Papa Pita brand for my pita bread. I can find this brand at most all grocery stores and Costco too. It’s soft and has really good flavor. It’s always a really good price too!

3. WHAT INSTANT POT/SLOW COOKER DID YOU USE?

   For this Instant Pot Chicken Gyros recipe I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I also own the 6 quart Instant Pot IP-LUX60 V3 Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker.* They are both great pressure cookers! The first one I mentioned has a yogurt making function but other than that they are fairly similar. The price difference between the two is about.