Homemade Gyro Meat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.พ. 2017
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Makes 6-8 servings:
1 medium onion, quartered
1 pound ground lamb
1 pound ground beef
4-5 garlic cloves
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon cumin powder
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Equipment: 9 x 5 inch loaf pan
For the Sandwiches:
Pita bread
Onion slices
Tomato slices
Tzaztiki Sauce
Lettuce
Crumbled feta cheese
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, 163 degrees Celsius.
Place the garlic cloves in a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped.
Add onion and puree until smooth.
Add ground beef with all of the spices. Pulse until the mixture becomes like a paste. Scrape down the sides of the bowl in between pulses.
Place the mixture in a loaf pan. Compact it as much as possible.
Bake for 45 minutes till 1 hour.
Allow the pan to cool at room temperature completely. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before removing from the pan.
Remove from pan onto a cutting board. Using a sharp serrated knife, slice it thinly. Pour all of the pan juices over the slices along with any of the fat that has gelatinized. It adds so much flavor when heating it up for the sandwiches.
At this point the gyro slices can be placed in a freezer safe bag and frozen for future use.
To make the Gyro sandwiches, place a cast iron pan over medium heat and cook the gyro slices until they are browned on both sides.
Warm the pita bread slightly. Place some chopped lettuce, onion and tomato slices over the pita, the warm gyro slices and tzatziki sauce with crumbled feta. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
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No it's for porn good sir
@@---td4ff Can't it be both, user-xv5ob7kf3g?
Avenue Q would disagree
It would be better if she gave us the meazurments for the spices
Porn and food. Not much else needed for sure.
Meat pastes are the original article from Pate to sausages to kebabs - many meat eating cultures figured out that stone grinding meat with aromatics and spices yielded an easy to digest, fully flavored and safe product that is beloved by all. Nice work.
This being Greek American gyro, which is what I've been craving versus the traditional whole meat shaved off the spit style, is EXACTLY what I've been looking for . Thanks, can't wait to try
I made this today and it was the easiest, juiciest, and tastiest gyro ever. Thanks for the recipe!
I discovered gyros when I lived in NYC in the '80's. Now that I live in WV, fugitaboutit! I never imagined it would be possible to do this at home. Thank you for posting this.
This is the best thing ever. I thought you had to have one of those special machines to cook it. I'm gonna make this tomorrow. Thank you!
Making this now! I don't have a food processor, so I diced the garlic/onion by hand. Also mixed it by hand. But it smells good so far and it's not even done yet! Thank you for sharing this!
Hi Dimitra! Thank you so much for the recipe. I just made it today and it turned out great! I got compliments on how awesome it tasted and wasn’t dry at all. I will definitely use this recipe again!!
Yummmm!!! I can't wait to make this for my family. We recently moved to an area that isn't very diverse and I really miss delicious Greek food. Thank you so much for making this tutorial!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you for the recipe. I made this for dinner this evening and my family couldn't get enough! Definitely would make again
I tried this recipe and wow, I was the hero of the house. This recipe is so easy and is AWESOME. I can't thank you enough.
When I had these in Greece, they called it souvlaki, the meat was pork and it was roast on a spit and carved off right into the pita. It had tatziki, onions, tomatoes, and french fries. So good I could eat it 3 times a day and not get tired of it.
Souvlaki is a dish just like Gyros is. They aren't the same thing, there both different dishes
In Athens and several other places, it's like Shawn describes it actually. The wrap is referred to as souvlaki and the skewer is called a kalamaki, after the greek word for river straw - kalami (before bamboo, river straw wood was used for the skewers).
PS: After a public health scandal with ground meat gyros a few decades ago, the ground meat version is sold as "doner/ντονέρ" in Greece, and therefore it has become less popular.
@@svw3734 Athens and some nearby cities use different names than the rest of Greece. In Athens, souvlaki is the gyro wrap, and the skewer is called kalamaki*(small straw) - from kalami (καλάμι), greek for river straw.
*Originally, the grill masters (in Athens at least) didn't have access to bamboo so they used regular river straw wood to make the skewers for souvlaki, which was called souvlaki kalamaki at the time to differentiate from souvlaki made with a metal skewer that was available in taverns and chophouses and was served on a plate. At some point they started calling it just kalamaki, to serve customers' orders faster or w/e.
@@Nscizor i didn't know. Thanks for the info 😊 Love Greek food!
Does anyone know the proper marinade or rub for a souvlaki? There is a local gyro shop nearby that has them and they are incredible. I want to try making my own.
you have made my week! I love gyros so much, and always thought I couldn't recreate the flavor at home. i'm going to get all the ingredients and make this tomorrow, as well as freezing a loaf. Thanks!
This was exactly what I was looking for.
And I miss so very much feta cheese and greek pepper with the doner kebab served in UK, but this will do the trick.
This also made me very, very hungry and I cannot wait until I can do this myself.
That looks absolutely amazing. This kind of food, served in a wrap / pitta, is my favourite type of food. I'll be trying that recipe. Thanks Dimitra
Yes! Simple recipe and preparation. I'm going to make this!
Like how you prepare this yummy favorite and easy learning,, and history too, will make it at home when I have craving for it, love gyro, thanks for teaching.
I cant believe how easy this was!! Thank you for helping me satisfy my cravings during quarantine ❤️
I'll be making this tomorrow! I really appreciate that you included the exact recipe in the description. This looks absolutely delicious! Thank you so much! I can't wait to dive into this sandwich :)
Love all these yummy dishes. What I really appreciate about your cooking vlog is that you give them to us straightforward, cutting out the extraneous part and just going to the meat of the matter (pardon the pun). Luv it! Thank you.
Love this! Have made it several times. Freeze in baggies and pull out for a quick meal! Soooo good!!♥️
Made it. Loved it! I had to do it manually, didnt have food processor or mixer so i wore my hands out lol.
It was still so good! Thank you tons!
There are tons of videos showing how to make Kebab meat(shawarma, Gyros, etc), and I finally ended up with your recipe!!!! Your recipe is so good! I will keep my Gyros improving with your recipe as basic technique. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you! Its simplicity makes it so good!!
Thank you girl just what I was looking for , great video.
Dimitra, I *finally* tried this recipe and it's *AMAZING.* I served this with some warm flatbread, your Tzatziki sauce, tomato, herbed feta and baby spinach. I'm not overstating it when I say it tasted just like something you'd get in a restaurant. Maybe even *better* ! Thank you for this, I absolutely love it ❤️
@Gandalf Stormcrow You're going to love it. Three years later, this is still my "go to" recipe for gyro meat!
@Gandalf Stormcrow happy holidays to you as well!
Looks so simple and amazing. Can't wait to try it.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Wow , I made it ! In fact I even bought a food processor so I could made it . Gonna make often and freeze it like you said for quick easy meals. It’s delicious!
I'm planning on making this really soon. I can't wait to try it. 😊
Out of this world!!! We made the meat last night and ate them today. Flavor is amazing! Thank you!
This is THE BEST. Ive made it at least 1/2 dozen times since seeing your video. It remains my favorite sandwich. I just taken it out of the oven and ill chill it in the fridge for either tonight or tomorrow. Im draing my grated cucumber to make the tzatziki sauce. Thank you so much. I love tour recipes. I use your Avagolemona sauce so much.
"If you don't have a $30 food processor just use a $300 stand mixer!"
😂😂😂
All jokes aside, this recipe is perfect and got me the flavor I needed for homemade gyro pitas.
Definitely recommend.
@ll lll0 oh Jesus that's even better. 😂
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I'm currently making this - can't wait 'til the end result!! ❤️
Enjoy!
I have made this four times now and cannot stop. It’s absolutely perfect.
I love Gyros so definitely going to make this ... Thanks for sharing !
I am making this for my dad and hubby for Fathers day. Greek salad and lemon potaoes, Spankopita and lemon yogurt cheesecake.
Sounds delicious!
Thank you I subbed. You do a fantastic job!!!
Amazing recipe, thank you!
The combination of lamb and beef helps keep the flavor balanced, retain moisture and prevents drying out. Not to mention it gives that authentic taste.
Thank you for this!
Thanks for explaining that!
Thank you for sharing! This looks amazing!
Made it today, and it turned out excellent!! Thanks for sharing.
You've made my day with this! Now I can finally eat kosher Gryo!
This gyro meat came out sooooooo good! Thank you so much Dimitra for this simple and delish recipe :)
Yay!!
Absolutely my favorite Greek dish. I had some last night for dinner and today leftover gyro. I certainly will make this.
This is the best tutorial on this on YT. Incredible.
Love all your Greek recipes!!! Please make more :-)
Thanks. Will do :)
I'm going to try this HomeGirL!. Thanks so much!
I just shared an updated video for this recipe 🤗 hope you enjoy it!
I’ve done many Gyro recipes! This is the tastiest and best version. My grand children love them
I made 4 lbs of this last night. It turned out perfect. I'm storing it in the freezer now for quick and easy meals. Absolutely delicious! I wish I could make homemade pitas now.
Hi I'm new to your channel,my husband is Greek and I am Portuguese,some combination he calls our kids portagreeks lol,I am going to make this for him ,I can't wait to surprise him, because he loves it.
That's cute! Portagreeks :) Let me know how it turns out.
hahaha, I love that "Portagreeks"
Lmao... PortaGreeks.... hahaha that's a great one...
how did it go?
Wish my wife cooked for me 😊
Dang, that looks sooo good! I'm going to do that instead of meatloaf. I love a good meatloaf sandwich, but this looks much better.
I made this today! It tastes just like what I get from outside! I bought a gyro for lunch earlier today and searched for gyro making videos and stumbled on your video! This is a great recipe!
Absolutely great taste plus the easy prep. Way to go!
I just did a chicken version of this and it is in the oven right now! Thank you so much for the fantastic inspiration!
Was it good?
@@Waqi908 No. It was EXCELLENT! Sliced and stacked on a sandwich, it was like magic!
I love it, thank you! Plus, you are cooking with a cast iron pan. Much respect!
Thank you!! Love me my cast iron cookware :)
IS there any other way?
You are my hero. Love your food.
I tried your gyro recipe and it came out perfect! Absolutely delicious! Thank you so much
I'm a new sub. This video popped up in the recommended video section. OMG my family and I love Greek food especially Gyros. I can't wait to make this. Now I've got to watch your video on Tzikiki sauce!
Thanks so much! tzaztiki is a must with this :) enjoy!
Greek food is the best! I love Dimitra's recipes.
love how none of you can pronounce it right lol
@@yyxx9009 I thought I was the only one! I always hear it prounoced "taziky" but it's supposed be pronounced "satseeky".
@Arch Stanton, how so?
Explain.
Just tried with 2 pounds of ground turkey and im very impressed. Ty!
I’m Greek. I love you but that is turkey loaf NOT gyros xoxoxo
It was easy to make, and was delicious. All the flavors come through. Making some now.
Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!! Going to the store to get ingredients RIGHT NOW!!!
Βρήκα τυχαία το κανάλι σου από το βίντεο σου για τις δίπλες! Κάνεις πολύ ωραία βίντεο! Συγχαρητήρια! Συνέχισε να τους διδάσκεις το σωστό φαγητό, το Ελληνικό!!!
:)
I like to slice from the corners to get the vertical spit style cuts.
This is cool. I LOVE Gyros. I'm going to make this!!!
Cant wait to make this!!! I LOVE gyros!! 💓💓💓
I've never seen gyros made with mince before, only with slow roasted joints of meat. I like the look of this I have to say, definitely one to give a go :)
My easy version :) All the best Chris!
That sounds a lot like Shwarma and not Gyros to me.
Why am I watching this during Lent? Looking forward to trying this after Pascha!
Lol me too
I just made this and its awesome!
I just made this and it was soo delicious. Thank you for sharing!
That must smell AMAZING! I'm pretty sure I saw all your neighbors looking in through your windows wondering if they could try some, lol.
lol! I share as much as I can with friends and neighbors. This particular recipe was frozen for my college boy :) xoxo
That coke smile rofl
Yeah cooked up corpses smell amazing 😂
@@thankyoujesus2836, say WHAT?!?
I am Making your recipe right now :) just gone out today to get a food Processor to make this :)
I had gone out and bought myself a food processor, I made it and it turned out Amazing Thank You!!! when I was doing dishes my processor fell and broke LMAO!!, I had gone out the next day and got another one now I will be more careful :D
Made this several times! Each time comes out great! Still don't have a food processor, but a cheese grater worked great for the onion part. Thanks again for sharing this recipe!
I love gyros, I used to buy them in the Bronx from a street vendor. I miss those delicious gyros. I’m in the Philippines now and can’t find them here. Thanks for the recipe. Keep up the good cooking.
Make some grilled octopus. Us Portuguese love it :)
I love it too! As soon as I get a fresh batch, I'll make it :)
gyros are better than burgers.
There is no doubt abut it :)
Burst hell no
I've had gyros in Greek restaurants in New Jersey and it was always beef and lamb on a vertical rotisserie. Here I Florida they always have the meat premade and they just grill it to heat it. Makes it kind of greasy instead of the freshly cut meat from the rotisserie. When in the navy I have gotten what looked like gyros at corner stands for $1.50 each. Here in Florida they charge around $8. One place said the traditional gyro is with only beef! Why would all other Greek restaurants prepare it with veal and lamb if that was so? I will try yours at home.
I'm American and I agree
Depends on the burger, depends on the Gyro... But both are damn good...
I can't believe how easy this is to make. I will definitely be trying this recipe soon.
Thank you so much. Until a couple of months ago, my idea of greek food was baklava and spanakopita. The little greek restaurant next to me closed so no baklava or spanakopita so i decided to look for a tutorial. Your spanakopita looked so much like what is was expecting so i made it. Almost a month later we had a greek day, i made spanakopita again and to it i added pita bread, gyro meat, zadziki sauce, salads all of them your recipes. We might not be greek but we discovered we love greek food so thank you so much for taking the time to make the tutorials. Lot of work for me but so rewarding to see my kids eat everything off their plate.
Hi Dimitra. thanks for the recipe. I live in Houston. please tell me what brand of Feta is that and where can I get some. I cant see to find the right feta. thanks.
Our café is in Houston :) Come by! We sell really good feta :) Euro Bakery & café in Spring
You can look in. Sam's Club stores has cheeses and. Also. Costco has good selection of cheese. Well you have this bakery some one tell you to..do look at these whole sale shops you have selections to. Buonappetited. Enjoys.
whoa...looks yummy...will definitely try InshaAllah
Enjoy!
Sophia M ✌
That looks so good!
I have used your recipe several times and love it!
my hubby and I are keto, and we cannot get enough of the kebab place down the road from us! No bread obviously, but we are spending SO much money there!!! This will save us a fucking fortune, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
I know!! Eating all that protein and vegetables can get EXPENSIVE! Hope you love this :)
Language!
"WE'RE KETO EVERYONE!"
Wash your mouth with soap geez
@@Azdude801 Fucken oath!
2:06 The look you gave after trying to find another word for puree
I am died 😂... probably not as much as you did on the inside when you gave that look 💀
Oh.I love gyro.Good recipie.
Love this video. I have made this many time from your recipe and it ALWAYS comes out PERFECTLY! Thanks Dimitra for bringing us recipes that we can actually make. Watching again today because I have making gyros today.
Those garlic cloves look like they came from Big World in Mario
haha!
I can’t find a gyro anywhere where I’m from. I remember there used to be a place in a mall and served great gyros with a ton of meat not those gyro with mostly tomatoes or onions.
Same here but know I know how to make it myself lol
Yummy! That gyro looks huge! Thanks 😊
Thank you! Just the recipe we all need in life!
One more ingredient ; a. few teaspoons dried spearmint. Also you can leave out the onion and use sliced raw onion on the sandwich.
Seems more like uk donner meat, I’ve been to Greece several times and theirs is different, maybe layers of pork and chicken thighs
This is closer to the US version of Gyros. Donner is a Turkish version if I remember right and then there is a middle eastern version as well.....forgetting the word for now but they all revolve around the idea of meat revolving vertically on a spit and sliced when you go and order it. They are all delicious. This is just a way to make it at home without a vertical BBQ spit and infrared burners.
Hermosa chef
I love all your recipes
I almost died when she took that knife to the beautiful cast iron pan
Looked as tho it was a blunt knife so as not to ruin a sharp edge.
The knife she should have used on the cutting board instead of the bread knife
So it didn't hurt anything. Instead of criticizing her just say how good it tasted!
I'm making this as soon as I find ground lamb. I don't think my grocery store has it, but I'll try.
Do you have a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean market nearby? They always have it. Enjoy!
Deplorable Snowcloud I had to go to whole foods. 9 bucks a pound.
I called 5 different butchers in my area of Georgia (USA)...nothing. I settled on burgers then wala...ground lamb. $8.99 per 1/2lb at Publix grocery store.
Great video - great recipe!
Thanks.
Since the meat is basically being pureed, you don't have to buy the meat already pre-ground. You can buy the lamb, and the beef as full steak or roast cuts that will give great flavor and have the amount of fat that you want. Cut the meat into small pieces being careful to make the smallest cuts across the grain of the meat just using your favorite knife and cutting board. Then process the meat as shown.
I do this all the time for all my ground meat. It works great even for burgers! - (just don't process the meat as long)
The best part is, you don't ever have to question what parts of what animal that ground meat came from. You picked your own cuts of fresh meat to process yourself; and it only adds a couple of minutes to the preparation time. Just a suggestion.
Thank you again for a great and simple option for making delicious gyros at home.
Today all the family ate and loved homemade Gyros Dimitra's recipe. They were delicious. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm gonna try your resipe
Well I just broke my girlfriend's food processor doing this.
Turkish Döner kebab. 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
My food processor is built differently
Good job
this is not gyros!! is fake gyros :)
What is your recipe then?
@@TheWarStoreMan if you come to my restaurant you see! giros is not burger !! you find in youtube to much videos fore giros
I agree, I never had gyros with ground meat before!!
made this today from your recipe and it was delicious! Thank you!
I love all your recipies!!♥️