Here’s how to make this ultimate Greek Lamb gyro at home.
Ingredients:
– Pita Bread
– Ground Lamb
– Fresh Garlic
– Red & White Onion
– Tomato
– Cucumber
– Greek Yogurt
– Feta Cheese
– Fresh Lemon Juice
– Red Wine Vinegar
– Olive Oil
– Marjoram
– Rosemary
– Salt & Pepper
Step 1: Prep the Meat
Add the ground lamb to a bowl. Shred or finely dice half a white onion and squeeze the moisture out before adding to the meat.
Grate 2 cloves of garlic and add that along with marjoram, rosemary, salt & pepper. Mix well, cover, and let it rest in the fridge for 2+ hours.
Step 2: Make a Tzatziki Sauce
Shred half a cucumber and squeeze out the moisture. Add that to a bowl with Greek yogurt, grated garlic, fresh lemon juice, salt & pepper.
Whisk this together until everything is well combined and set aside for the flavors to marry.
Step 3: Make a Simple Greek Salad
Chop up the other half of your cucumber and a couple of tomatoes. Finely dice a red onion and add everything to a bowl with red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, and feta cheese.
Toss until everything is evenly coated and set aside.
Step 4: Cook the Gyro Meat
Form your meat however you like best, but I prefer doing an elongated smash patty of sorts to mimic the style of the traditional spigot-carved lamb.
Cook over medium heat, flipping halfway through, until you have some nice color on both sides.
Step 5: Assemble the Monster
Char your pita bread over an open flame or in the oven. Lay them flat with a slight overlap before adding some of your homemade tzatziki sauce, your Greek salad, and a generous amount of lamb.
Top with another drizzle of tzatziki sauce before rolling up your gyro (I suggest some foil or parchment paper at the tail end to tone down the mess.
Trust me, if you’ve been craving a classic gyro but don’t have a lot of options to get good Mediterranean food, you definitely need to try this.
– Chef Mike
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there is no lamp meat gyro in Greece…i repeat THERE IS NO LAMP GYRO IN GREECE!!!
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Just tried this, fing amazing!!!!
Looks amazing 😊
Dill too in tzatziki sauce
It looks perfect!!
John 3:3
Damn, that look good
FAV 😋😋❤ Thanks for the recipe will make them at home now. You simplified it👏
Never vinegar and pepper in the Choriatiki salad…Only olive oil ,oregano…
Tzatziki needs vinegar and olive oil not lemon juice…
Is Yeeros not Gyros…
And the Greek souvlaki traditional is with pork Yeeros in rotisserie not smashed lamb…
When you try to make a recipe try to make it correctly…
I am sorry about that but is the truth…
Greetings from Crete Greece…
why is this guy soo far? I am stuck in cali
lol lamb gyro
Now that’s a gyro omg
Oh no the piggy song!! “piggy piggy piggy can’t u see? Sometimes ur words just hypnotize me and I just love yo fancy ways this is what I wrote as to why ur so great!”
I need to start ringing the onions out.
finally a chef who cares about his time
This is not Greek!!! It is Turkish. Tzatziki has been falsely spread by Greeks as Greek but Tzatziki is the mispronounced Turkish word cacık, pron. Jajık. Greeks were introduced to yogurt and yogurt based dishes by Turks and there's no such thing as Greek yogurt. It is false marketing.
I use that yogurt too
Im doing it Chef Mike
Ok, I thought it was some special stuff but it’s basically like my burritos—throw whatever I like in there.
I have some leftover lamb and beef fillet in my fridge from last night👍🙂
Too many people overcomplicate it, he is direct to the point and truly authentic in taste !!!
DOOOOOOOOOOOPE….✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
My favorite!