Greek Recipe · Beef Gyro

Gyros is a Greek dish consisting of meat, tomato, onion, and tzatziki sauce and is served with pita bread. YUM!

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) containers plain yogurt
• 2 cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and diced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
• ½ lemon, juiced
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (1 pound) beef top sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
• 5 pita bread rounds
• 1 tomato, chopped
• ½ small onion, thinly sliced
• 1 (4 ounce) package crumbled feta cheese
• ½ cup shredded lettuce
• 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced ripe olives, drained

Cooking Directions

1. Blend yogurt, cucumbers, 2 tablespoons olive oil, dill, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper in a blender until tzatziki sauce is evenly combined.
2. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir beef in the hot oil until no longer pink, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Layer half of each pita with steak, tomato, onion, feta cheese, lettuce, olives, and tzatziki sauce. Bring edge of each pita over the filling and secure with a toothpick.

Nutrition Facts

• calories496.7
• carbohydrateContent41.5 g
• cholesterolContent74 mg
• fatContent24.1 g
• fiberContent3.1 g
• proteinContent28.9 g
• saturatedFatContent8.7 g
• sodiumContent732.5 mg
• sugarContent9 g