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Easy Homemade Gyros Recipe

Gyros is typical Greek street food, very similar to kebab, filled with veal, pork, or lamb meat that is cooked on long skewers and cut into thin slices. Aromatic meat wrapped in pita and seasoned with fresh veggies and creamy tzatziki sauce is a real culinary triumph. 
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course, Snack
Keyword: gyros, tzatziki
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 580kcal
Author: Tatiana

Ingredients

  • 1 cup minced pork
  • 1 cup minced beef
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tsp ground pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 onion
  • 3 cloves garlic

For serving

  • 4 pitas
  • 1 cup tzatziki sauce
  • 1 tomato sliced
  • 1 cucumber sliced
  • 1 red onion sliced

Instructions

  • Mix the ground meat with the spices
  • Pulse onion and garlic cloves
  • Mix with meat
  • Make medium-sized patties and lay them on a baking tray
  • Preheat the oven to 360F
  • Bake the gyros patties for 20-25 minutes
  • Take out of the oven and slice them into halves
  • Slice the onion, cucumber, and tomato
  • Take one pita and add in the tzatziki sauce, slices of meat, cucumber, onion, and tomatoes
  • Wrap carefully
  • Serve with pleasure

Nutrition

Calories: 580kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 1252mg | Potassium: 678mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 770IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 187mg | Iron: 3mg