Easy Gyros Recipe – Greek Style
Gyros like from the Greek: tender meat in a spicy marinade, fried crispy. Perfect after-work cooking for the whole family. With turkey, chicken, or pork.
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Ingredients
| 600 g | Turkey cutlets, chicken breast fillet, or pork cutlets (in strips) |
| 1 (ca. 75 g) | Onion, medium-sized |
| 100 ml | Olive oil |
| 3 TL | Mild sweet paprika powder |
| 2 TL | Oregano, dried |
| 2 TL | Thyme, dried |
| 1 TL | Salt |
| 0,5-1 TL | Ground cumin |
| 1 Prise | Black pepper, freshly ground |
| 1 TL | Hot mustard (check for additives) |
| 2 Zehen | Garlic, pressed |
| 1 EL | Lemon juice, freshly squeezed |
Preparation
- 1Pat 600 g meat (turkey, chicken, or pork) dry with a kitchen towel and cut into strips. Peel the onion and also cut into strips.
- 2For the marinade, put all ingredients into a sufficiently large bowl: 100 ml olive oil, 3 tsp paprika powder, 2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp thyme, 1 tsp salt, 0.5-1 tsp cumin, 1 pinch of pepper, 1 tsp hot mustard. Press 2 cloves of garlic, add 1 tbsp lemon juice, and stir everything together with a whisk.
- 3Add the gyros meat and onions to the marinade and mix everything well together.
- 4Covered (e.g., with plastic wrap) let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours, better overnight.
- 5Before cooking, take the meat out of the refrigerator 15-20 minutes beforehand and stir again with the settled oil. Heat a pan WITHOUT oil and fry the gyros in batches over high heat. Keep the batches warm in the oven at approx. 60 °C (140 °F) with convection.
- 6Important: Fry the meat in batches! If there is too much meat in the pan, the heat cannot be maintained — the meat simmers, dries out, and doesn't get crispy. Large pan (e.g., 32 cm): 2 batches, smaller pan: better 3 batches.
- 7The gyros pan tastes excellent with homemade fries or wedges and salad (e.g., coleslaw). Also delicious served in pita pockets.
Notes & tips
ALLERGY TAMARA (avoid cow's milk + egg + soy): MOSTLY SUITABLE - Meat, olive oil, spices, and lemon juice are free of milk, egg, and soy. ATTENTION mustard: 1 tsp hot mustard may contain milk components or soy - check the label and if necessary choose a pure mustard without additives. The meat should marinate for at least 3 HOURS, better overnight! Fry in batches, otherwise it won't get crispy. Cumin: at 1 tsp dominant, at 0.5 tsp subtle aroma. Calories per serving approx. 405 kcal.
Nutrition
estimated per serving- Calories
- 232 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
– = ingredient not in nutrition database (estimate incomplete)