Grilled and Souvla Recipes | Kalliopi's Kitchen

Technique in Greek home cooking tends to be simple and unhurried. There is very little last-minute work, very few sauces made to order, and a great deal of food that improves for sitting around. Most of the skill is in judgement rather than in knife work.

Recipes using this method include Souvlaki, Melitzanosalata, Gyros, Htapodi sta karvouna, Halloumi and Sheftalia.

Every recipe on Kalliopi's Kitchen carries the dish's Greek name and a pronunciation, its region where that is meaningful, ingredient quantities in both metric and imperial, and an honest note on what commonly goes wrong. Nutrition figures are calculated estimates and are labelled as such.

Grilled and Souvla Recipes

18 recipes on the site so far.

Charred pork souvlaki skewers on a wooden board with lemon wedges and oregano

Greek Main CoursesGreek Pork Souvlaki Σουβλάκι · 32m · serves 4

Greek Dips and SaucesMelitzanosalata Μελιτζανοσαλάτα · 45m · serves 6

Thin strips of crisped pork gyros piled in a warm pita with tomato, onion and tzatziki

Greek Main CoursesGreek Pork Gyros Γύρος · 2h · serves 6

Charred grilled octopus tentacles dressed with olive oil, vinegar and oregano

Greek Meze and AppetisersGreek Grilled Octopus Χταπόδι στα κάρβουνα · 1h 30m · serves 4

Golden grilled halloumi slices with lemon wedges and dried mint

Greek Meze and AppetisersGrilled Halloumi Χαλλούμι · 11m · serves 4

Grilled Cypriot sheftalia sausages wrapped in caul fat with charred edges

Greek Main CoursesSheftalia Σεφταλιά · 45m · serves 6

Charred Greek paidakia lamb chops on a grill with lemon and oregano

Greek Main CoursesPaidakia Παϊδάκια · 25m · serves 4

A Greek bifteki patty cut open showing melted feta inside

Greek Main CoursesBifteki Μπιφτέκι · 40m · serves 4

Greek Main CoursesKontosouvli Κοντοσούβλι · 3h 30m · serves 6

Cretan antikristo lamb propped facing an open fire on skewers

Greek Main CoursesAntikristo Αντικριστό · 4h 30m · serves 8

Thessaloniki giaourtlou kebab with tomato sauce and garlic yogurt

Greek Main CoursesGiaourtlou Γιαουρτλού · 45m · serves 4

Grilled Greek sardines dressed in ladolemono olive oil and lemon

Greek Main CoursesSardeles Ladolemono Σαρδέλες λαδολέμονο · 25m · serves 4

Grilled yogurt-marinated chicken souvlaki skewers with charred edges

Greek Main CoursesSouvlaki Kotopoulo me Giaourti Σουβλάκι κοτόπουλο με γιαούρτι · 37m · serves 4

Greek Main CoursesMelitzanes Souvlaki Σουβλάκι μελιτζάνας · 37m · serves 4

Greek Main CoursesLamb Souvla Σούβλα αρνί · 4h 30m · serves 10

Greek kokoretsi lamb offal wrapped and grilled on a spit

Greek Main CoursesKokoretsi Κοκορέτσι · 3h 30m · serves 8

A bowl of smoky Greek melitzanosalata dip with charred aubergine skin nearby

Greek Dips and SaucesMelitzanosalata Kapnisti Μελιτζανοσαλάτα καπνιστή · 45m · serves 6

Greek Main CoursesXifias Souvlaki Ξιφίας σουβλάκι · 40m · serves 4

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