The best homemade Gyro recipe with fries and homemade tzatziki

Serves 2
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Directions

  1. 1Add onions and garlic to ground lamb and beef.
  2. 2Add herbs and spices to the meat mixture and blitz it up.
  3. 3Add a moisture-retaining ingredient ( tri poly phosphate) a meat-setting ingredient to the mixture.
  4. 4Line a container (taller than wide) with plastic wrap and place the meat mixture inside.
  5. 5Refrigerate the spiced meat mixture for a day.
  6. 6Bake the meat log in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven until it reaches an internal temperature of 160-165 Fahrenheit.
  7. 7Prepare toppings such as tomato, onion, and cucumber.
  8. 8Make tzatziki by grating cucumber into yogurt, then adding chopped herbs, honey, black pepper, salt, lemon juice, and a dash of MSG.
  9. 9Sprinkle pitas with olive oil and oregano and warm them in the oven.
  10. 10Once the gyro reaches temperature, slice it.
  11. 11Assemble the gyro with the sliced meat, toppings, and tzatziki on warm pitas.
  12. 12Toss Greek fries in lemon juice, feta, dill, and oregano.

Ingredients

  • Onions
  • garlic
  • ground lamb
  • beef eye
  • herbs and spices
  • moisture-retaining ingredient
  • meat-setting ingredient
  • tomato
  • onion
  • cucumber
  • yogurt
  • chopped herbs
  • honey
  • black pepper
  • salt
  • lemon juice
  • 1 dash MSG
  • pitas
  • olive oil
  • oregano
  • Greek fries
  • lemon juice
  • feta
  • dill
  • oregano

Equipment

containerplastic wrapmeat standthermometeroven

Tips

  • Use a moisture-retaining ingredient like tripolyphosphate for maximum juiciness.
  • Use a meat-setting ingredient to hold the meat log together.
  • Line a container that's taller than it is wide with plastic wrap for shaping the meat.
  • Consider adding cucumber to your gyro.
  • For tzatziki, add a dash of MSG.
  • Warm pitas with olive oil and oregano in the oven.