Homemade Gyros Meat + Gyros
Beef and lamb gyros meat made at home and served in wrap bread with tzatziki sauce
Ingredients
For the meat:
- 1 onion
- 2 lbs ground beef and lamb
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp dried marjoram
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 2 tsp salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
For the tzatziki:
- 8 oz plain yogurt
- 2 mini cucumbers shredded
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp dried dill
For the gyros:
- wrap bread or pita bread
- sliced tomato
- sliced onion
Instructions
Make the tzatziki:
- Combine all the ingredients and taste and adjust seasoning. Allow to rest in the fridge for a few hours to combine.
For the meat:
- Chop the onion and garlic in the food processor and scrape into a paper towel to squeeze the water out. Combine the onion, garlic, meat, spices and salt and pepper the food processor. Pulse until the mixture is a fine paste, stirring as needed to get the meat all the same consistency.
- Press into a loaf pan and place the loaf pan into a water bath.
- Place into a 325 degree oven and bake until the internal temp of the meat is 175. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
- Thinly slice the meat block. Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet until hot and fry the sliced meat until lightly browned. Salt it if needed.
- Serve the hot meat on soft wrap bread, with tzatziki, tomato and onion.