Pork Souvlaki

Name: Pork Souvlaki
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 kg pork shoulder, cut into 3 cm cubes; 80 ml olive oil; 60 ml lemon juice; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tsp dried oregano; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper, ground; 4 pita breads; 300 g tzatziki; 2 medium tomatoes, sliced; 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced; 15 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve

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Prep25 min

Cook15 min

Total40 min

Greece's everyday street food — cubes of pork shoulder marinated in lemon, olive oil, garlic and oregano, threaded on skewers and charred over high heat, then wrapped in warm pita with tzatziki, tomato and onion.

Ingredients

Serves:4

1 kg pork shoulder, cut into 3 cm cubes
80 ml olive oil
60 ml lemon juice
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper, ground
4 pita breads
300 g tzatziki
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
15 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

937kcal · per serving

73.3g

Protein

32.1g

Carbs

56.6g

Fat

Recipe total: 3746 kcal · P 293.1g · C 128.5g · F 226.5g

Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Trim any thick sinew from the pork but keep the fat, which bastes the meat on the grill, and cut it into even 3 cm cubes.
2
Whisk 60 ml of the olive oil with the lemon juice, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper, add the pork, toss to coat and marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours, ideally overnight.
3
Thread the pork onto 8 skewers, 5–6 cubes each, pressed close together but not crammed; keep the leftover marinade.
4
Heat a charcoal grill or ridged grill pan over high heat until very hot.
5
Grill the skewers for 10–12 minutes, turning every 2–3 minutes and brushing them once or twice with the marinade in the first half of cooking, until charred at the edges and cooked through, with clear juices.
6
Rest the skewers for 3 minutes while you brush the pita with the remaining olive oil and warm it on the grill for 30 seconds a side.
7
Serve the skewers on the warm pita with a generous spoonful of tzatziki, the tomatoes, red onion and parsley, and lemon wedges for squeezing.

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Questions and answers

How long does Pork Souvlaki take to make?

About 40 minutes: 25 min prep and 15 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Pork Souvlaki?

13 ingredients: pork shoulder, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic cloves, dried oregano, salt, black pepper, pita breads, tzatziki, tomatoes, red onion, flat-leaf parsley and 1 more.

How many servings does this Pork Souvlaki recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Pork Souvlaki?

About 937 kcal, with 73.3 g protein, 32.1 g carbohydrate and 56.6 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

What cuisine is Pork Souvlaki?

Pork Souvlaki comes from Greek cuisine.

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