Souvlaki Marinated Turkey Bits with Tzatziki

I don’t know how it is with you guys, but usually by the time Sunday dinner arrives, I am not really into complicated and heavy meals. Usually my weekend cooking peaks at the Sunday lunch, and having cooked that and cleaned up after, I really appreciate something simple.

This meal is a perfect example of a Sunday dinner. Basically it is just throwing stuff together, letting them do the job, and just enjoying it after.

The recipe originates from this souvlaki. What I did was replacing the pork with turkey, and passing on the skewers alltogether.

What you will need:

• 0.5 dl olive oil
• 0.5 dl red wine
• 2 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon dried mint
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 4 cloves of garlic crushed and finely minced
• 1 bay leaf crumbled
• 500 g turkey thigh filet, diced
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 250 g prepared tzatziki sauce
• 1 cucumber

How to make it:

1. Whisk the marinade ingredients together in a large bowl. Add the turkey, cover the bowl with cling foil (i used an additional plate again for mine), and put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
   

   In the fridge we go

2. Roughly 30 minutes before the meal get started on the tzatziki. peel the cucumber, cut all of it to julienne. (A great video on how to do that can be found here) Mix the tzatziki sauce with the cucumber, and just put it in the refrigerator while you prepare the meat.
3. Heat your pan to medium high, separate the meat from the marinade, add salt and pepper to taste. Fry the meat for 10-20 mintues, until it is fully cooked.
   

   Just getting started

4. Serve the meat together with the tzatziki once done
   

   Turkey from Greece

   So there you go. Really easy, and not considering the time spent marinating (which can be considered free time, since you could do virtually anything you like), it is also fast.