Homemade Gyros
Homemade Gyros

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, homemade gyros. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Process red onion in a food processor until finely minced. Scoop onion into a piece of cheesecloth and squeeze as much moisture from the onion as possible. Return onion to food processor; add garlic and process until the garlic is well integrated. Blend marjoram, rosemary, kosher salt, and black pepper into the onion mixture.

Homemade Gyros is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Homemade Gyros is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have homemade gyros using 22 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Gyros:
  1. Make ready 2 lb lamb chops
  2. Take 1/2 lb top sirloin steak
  3. Prepare 6 pitas
  4. Take 8 oz tzatziki sauce
  5. Take 2 tbsp olive oil
  6. Make ready 1 tomato (sliced then halved)
  7. Prepare 1/2 white onion (sliced)
  8. Prepare marinade n seasonings:
  9. Prepare 3/4 cup buttermilk
  10. Take 2 tsp season salt
  11. Get 1 tsp brown sugar
  12. Take 1 tsp dried parsley
  13. Get 1/2 tsp dried crushed mint
  14. Get 1 tsp dried crushed rosemary
  15. Get 1 tsp garlic powder
  16. Prepare 1 tsp onion powder
  17. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  18. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp dried tyme
  19. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  20. Get 1 1/2 tbsp jarred minced garlic
  21. Take 1/2 tsp lemon pepper
  22. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground marjoram

DIRECTIONS Combine all ingredients in a bowl, and mix well. You may want to use a dough-scraper to help keep the counter clean. So at our house, the homemade gyros are usually made with either ground beef, or a combination of pork and ground beef. I totally get that it's close to heresy to make a middle-eastern dish eaten originally by Muslims and Jews using Pork.

Steps to make Homemade Gyros:
  1. First off.. thank you to @bbqtvtv.com a.k.a tom for his greek seasoning recipe found on his profile in wich I used for this recipe.
  2. And secondly a big thank you to @skunkmonkey101 as I used his tzatziki sauce recipe found on his profile.
  3. Thirdly: thank you to @taylor68too for her added seasoning suggestions! Now let's get to cooking!
  4. Remove bones from meat and rinse under cool water. Pat dry.
  5. Slice meat into thin 1/4 inch slices and each slice should be about 1-2 inches long.
  6. In a large bowl, mix all marinade/seasonings. Wisk well.
  7. Add sliced meat. And toss to coat well.
  8. Cover bowl and refridgerate for 1 hour to soak. Tossing every 15 minutes or so.
  9. In a large skillet, heat oil.
  10. Toss in meat mixture with all the marinade.
  11. Fry, tossing frequently until outsides of meat is seared and insides are still slightly pink. About 5-10 minutes.
  12. Drain meat from juices and set meat aside but keep warm. Reserve juices.
  13. In another skiller heat until hot.
  14. Lightly brush pitas with a bit of the reserved drippings/juices. This will give pitas a nice flavor.
  15. Cook pitas until nice n browned but not crispy. ( if u don't like your pitas cooked u can skip this process) spray pan with cooking spray as needed.
  16. TO SERVE:
  17. Place desired amount of meat onto a pita.
  18. Then garnish with onion,tomato and tzatziki sauce.
  19. Serve hot and enjoy!

So at our house, the homemade gyros are usually made with either ground beef, or a combination of pork and ground beef. I totally get that it's close to heresy to make a middle-eastern dish eaten originally by Muslims and Jews using Pork. But if I want my son to eat any of it? To make the meat mixture, thoroughly combine the ground lamb, red onion, garlic, lemon juice, salt, cumin, pepper, oregano, and nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Going out to restaurants got to be expensive for our family, so I came up with this homemade beef gyro.

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