Pork Souvlaki Plate

50 min · Easy · Serves 1

880 kcal per serving · 41g protein

Souvlaki is Greece's favourite street food: cubes of pork in a lemon-oregano marinade, charred on skewers and eaten with warm pita, cool tzatziki and a simple tomato-onion salad. This is the classic pork version — juicier and richer than chicken kebabs — and the whole plate comes off one grill pan. Squeeze lemon over everything at the end.

Ingredients

• 170 g Pork neck steak, cut into cubes
• 1 tbsp Olive oil
• Lemon (juice of ¼) × ⅓
• 1 tsp Red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp Dried oregano
• ½ tsp Paprika
• ¼ tsp Honey
• 1 clove Garlic clove, grated
• Pita bread × 1
• 60 g Tzatziki (store-bought is fine)
• Tomato × 1
• Red onion × ⅓
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 pinch Black pepper
• Lemon wedge, to serve × ⅓

Method

1. Cube and marinate the pork

   

   Cut the pork into even 3 cm cubes (about the size of a walnut) and toss them in a bowl with the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, oregano, paprika, honey, garlic, a good pinch of salt and black pepper.

2. Leave on the counter

   

   Leave on the counter to marinate — let the meat sit in the flavours — for 20 minutes.

3. Make the Salad

   

   While the pork marinates, make the salad: cut the tomato into wedges, slice the red onion as thin as you can, and toss both with a pinch of oregano, a pinch of salt and a small drizzle of olive oil.

4. Thread the pork

   

   Thread the pork onto the 2 skewers, leaving a small gap between cubes so heat can reach all sides.

5. Set a grill pan

   

   Set a grill pan (or heavy frying pan) over high heat until it's properly hot — a drop of water should hiss and vanish instantly.

6. Char the Skewers

   

   Lay the skewers in the hot pan and cook about 9 minutes total, turning every 2–3 minutes, until they're charred in dark spots on every side and the biggest cube shows no pink when you cut into it.

7. Warm and Serve

   

   Warm the pita in the empty pan, 30 seconds per side, until soft and lightly striped. Plate it with the skewers, the tomato-onion salad, a spoonful of tzatziki and the lemon wedge for squeezing over everything.

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