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Homemade Greek Gyros with Tzatziki Recipe | Pit Barrel Cooker



Gyros are surprisingly easy to make at home and it is a great sandwich for both lunch and dinner. This particular recipe uses ground lamb for that traditional Greek taste. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 medium onion, finely chopped or shredded
2 pounds ground lamb
1 tablespoon finely minced garlic
1 tablespoon dried marjoram
1 tablespoon dried ground rosemary
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Tzatziki Sauce:
16 ounces plain yogurt
1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped
Pinch kosher salt
4 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
5 to 6 mint leaves, finely minced

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43 thoughts on “Homemade Greek Gyros with Tzatziki Recipe | Pit Barrel Cooker

  • A passable attempt… however I believe gyro meat is a mixture of beef and lamb, and you are supposed to cut around the loaf to get only the crusty parts. I also don't recall ever getting lettuce in a gyro – just onion and tomato, and you use flat bread not pita bread… aside from not actually being a gyro it is perfect.

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  • i m sure u are aware this is not greek gyro, but u wanted to present it as greek.
    Whoever comes to greece will understand what i m talking about.
    edit: we dont even eat lamb gyro….

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  • Man I really like what u did for the kebab I was thinking about using a turkey fryer rack for the meat and hang it in my barrel smoker I would also like to see a video on making a beef or chicken doner kebab

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  • I'm glad you made that for yourself because you didn't wash your hands after you lick your finger

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  • I think the white sauce is better with dill instead of mint n my opinion,but a great video

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  • Also don’t forget the Pit Barrel Cooker is manufactured in China- not the United States. If that is relevant here.

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  • Looks great but you drained that sauce too much, that's the dryest most solid tzatziki sauce ive ever seen, everything else was spot on

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  • Suggestion- cleaner and easier to salt the veges and drain in the sink, we like lamb shoulder for our gyros (pulled pork) but that looks cool on the PBC.doing a bone in lamb shoulder on my PBC today. Don`t forget the FETA cheese!

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  • This is not how you make tzatziki you need to get all the water out of the cucmber tezeke, has to be kinda liqiudy and thic not creamy. Amd the gyro is wrong

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  • The only thing that need to drain is the cucumber at the beginning not the tzatziki!

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  • There is just something missing! I’m not exactly sure! It doesn’t have that taste from my favorite place! Close but no cigar!

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  • This is not gyros this is turkish doner..to make gyro you put slises of Meat one up on the other and u make a tower and as it turns it bakes and it become crispy and juicy. Its called gyros because in greek gyros (yiros) means turn .. Also to make tzatziki u first drain the cucamber and then u add it i to the yogurt.. Also u put a lot more olive oil and paper.. U dont drain the final product

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  • I Like it when people make a video how to do it, but they don't tell you how much ingredients to put in it. You can't make gyro without oregano!

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  • You might try sweating the cucumbers to draw out all the fluid and then squeeze through a towel then adding to the yogurt

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  • I always drain my yogurt a daughter or two so it's almost like cream cheese. I also grate, salt, and drain the cucumber. I prefer dill instead of mint and lemon juice for the acid.

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  • From the D (burbs) but since I don't have a flank of lamb to put on a spit, this looks like a great alternative.

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  • Can you Please show us how to make one of those Scues that your using there,?

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  • I have never had or seen it with mint, and I've eaten a lot tzatziki in the U..S and in Greece Typically it's made with a little fresh dill.

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