# The best homemade Gyro recipe with fries and homemade tzatziki

This recipe guides you through making a homemade gyro that resembles and tastes like an authentic gyro, involving a bit of patience but an easy process.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- container
- plastic wrap
- meat stand
- thermometer
- oven

## 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.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-01-31

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