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Gyros Recipe

Are differences a blessing or a curse? Life's full of questions that has no answers, yet it's worth exploring. Much like deciding kebab or gyros is better.
Course Main Course, Meal
Cuisine Dairy free, Gluten free, Keto, Low carb recipe, Mediterranean, Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8
Author SunCakeMom

Ingredients

Gyros meat
  • 2 lb /1 kg Meat beef, pork, lamb, chicken
  • 1 Onion or red onion finely cut
  • 6 cloves Garlic finely cut
  • 2 teaspoons Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons Paprika optional
  • Optional herbs: use only two at a time
  • 2 teaspoons Oregano
  • 2 teaspoons Rosemary
  • 2 teaspoons Thyme
  • 2 teaspoons Cumin
  • 2 teaspoons Marjoram
Serving gyros
    Tzatziki sauce
    • 1 Cucumber
    • 1 clove Garlic
    • 2 cup / 500ml Greek yogurt
    • 1 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • Optional:
    • Dill or Mint or Parsley
    • Lemon juice
    Pita
    • Lettuce onion, tomato and optional hot sauce

    Instructions

    Gyros meat - Beginner method

    • We need to have stripes of meat for this, so slice then stripe the meat up.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom
    • Place the stripes of meat into a big enough bowl.
    • Sprinkle one half of the herbs and spices we will use onto the meat.
    • Put a lid or a big enough plate onto the bowl and give it a good shake. Alternatively just mix everything together with either by hand or a sturdy kitchen tool.
    • Sprinkle the second batch of spice and herbs onto the meat then mix / shake everything until the every piece of meat is evenly covered. Adding a half cup of cooking oil will help making this a smoother experience.
    • It's recommended to place the meat in the fridge for at least a couple of hours to marinate but in case of emergency we can start roasting it immediately.
    • Sear the stripes of meat with little oil in our favorite pan. We can also make them on a grill.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom

    Gyros meat - Advanced method

    • Ground the meat. We can use one type of meat or a mixture of any meat we like but the more fat the meat has, the juicier and tastier it will be.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom
    • Ground or finely chop all the spices, herbs and vegetables that will be used. A food processor can be a great help with this task. Add some vegetable oil in the food processor if it can't cope with the small amount of stuff in it.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom
    • Mix all the ingredients together.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom
    • Fill the mixture into a baking tray that will provide at least 1" / 2.5 cm tall meat slices at the end. A bread loaf tin is excellent for this, but if we feel artistic, we can even sculpt a loaf of meat on a baking sheet just like we do with a meatloaf.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom
    • Place the filled tray into a preheated 350°F / 180°C oven until the inner temperature reaches the necessary level (pork 145°F / 63°C) for about 60 minutes.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom
    • Take the meat out, let it cool down a bit then slice it up thinly.
      Gyros meat recipe - SunCakeMom

    Serving Gyros

    • Gyros meat can be served on it's own with a bit of salad but it truly shines through some tzatziki sauce and pita bread.
    • Make tzatziki sauce by mixing Geek yogurt with grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil, dill and some salt. Check out how to make Tzatziki sauce in the Low carb condiment section.
    • Fill the meat into a store bought or even better homemade pita bread. Nothing compares to some freshly made pita bread!