# Homemade Gyro Meat

Making homemade gyro meat is actually really easy and doesn’t take too much time, and you get these awesome gyros that everybody’s going to love.

- Total time: 70 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 small onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 ounces bacon
- 2 pounds ground lamb
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 0.5 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper
- oil
- Greek pita
- tzatziki
- onions
- tomatoes
- cucumber

## Instructions

1. Grab a food processor, small onion, three cloves of garlic, and puree until it's nice and fine.
2. Add four ounces of bacon to add the fat, and pulse.
3. Add two pounds of ground lamb, cumin, oregano, salt, pepper, and some Aleppo pepper.
4. Process for a minute or two until it gets nice and sticky. It should look like a paste, not like a hamburger.
5. Onto a sheet tray with parchment paper, mound it into a loaf.
6. Place the meat loaf into a 325-degree oven or smoker.
7. Let it cook for 30 to 40 minutes or until the internal temperature is 155 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. Pop it in the fridge to cool completely.
9. Once it's cooled, cut about quarter-inch slices.
10. Drop it into a hot pan with some oil and keep flipping it until it's nice and golden brown all over.
11. Assemble your gyro however you like, with tzatziki, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, and of course, the meat.

## Equipment

- food processor
- sheet tray
- parchment paper
- oven
- smoker
- hot pan

## Tips

- You can use ground lamb, lamb and beef, lamb and pork, chicken, or whatever you want.
- If you want to use other meats, you can omit the bacon, just make sure the meat has enough fat.
- Let the cooked meat cool completely, or even leave it in the fridge overnight, this will make slicing easier.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArPzeGgJq/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4f43e3eb-d424-4b90-a11a-a7c4d8e6fb63
- Extracted: 2025-07-26

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