How to Prepare Award-winning Gyro Meat W/Tzatziki Sauce

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Follow Alton Brown's Food Network recipe to make Gyro Meat with Tzatziki Sauce at home; the creamy cucumber-yogurt sauce goes perfectly with ground lamb. Serve as a sauce for gyros. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week. Not quite the texture of meat I am used to in a gyro, but very close in taste and feel to what I get at our local Greek restaurant.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gyro meat w/tzatziki sauce using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Gyro Meat W/Tzatziki Sauce:

1. Take Gyro Meat
2. Take 1 lb ground beef
3. Prepare 1 lb ground lamb
4. Get 1/2 large sweet onion finely grated
5. Prepare 2 garlic cloves finely grated
6. Take 1 tbsp za'atar
7. Prepare 2 tsp Montreal seasoning
8. Take 1 tsp dried oregano
9. Get 1 tsp ground coriander
10. Make ready Tzatziki Sauce
11. Get 1 1/2 cups Greek yogurt
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp dried dill
13. Take 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
14. Take 1/4 tsp crushed mint leaves
15. Make ready 1 tbsp lemon juice
16. Prepare 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
17. Make ready 1 cucumber seeded, grated and drained

Greek Chicken Gyros with homemade Tzatziki sauce. Marinated Greek Chicken, grilled to perfection and topped with Greek Salad and tzatziki sauce. Since then, Greek food has been in the spotlight for it's use of fresh herbs and spices, protein packed Greek yogurt, and flavorful meats. A classic recipe for Tzatziki Sauce - a Greek yogurt-cucumber sauce commonly used for gyros and kebobs.

Instructions to make Gyro Meat W/Tzatziki Sauce:

1. Mix all gyro meat ingredients together in large mixing bowl and let sit overnight. If you don't have or like Montreal seasoning use salt and pepper to your taste. I just happen to prefer Montreal seasoning over plan salt and pepper on red meat.
2. Blitz the meat mixture in a food processor to get to a fine consistency. I had to do it in 4 batches in my processor. Once it's all done press into a well greased meatloaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
3. Steps 1 and 2 can all be all in one day. I just took the approach of letting the meat marinade and also resting to firm up after blitzing. Chili always tastes better the next day so why not gyro meat.
4. Mix all the ingredients together for the Tzatziki sauce except the cucumber. Let sit overnight to allow the dried spices rehydrate a bit and flavor the yogurt. Don't over do the seasoning at the beginning because the flavors will intensify, if to strong more yogurt can be added.
5. Pre heat the oven to 400°. Add the grated and drained cucumber to the tzatziki sauce.
6. Bake the gyro meat covered for 15 minutes then uncover and bake for another hour. Keep an eye on it to make sure the meat doesn't get too much color, recover if needed to finishing cooking.
7. Drain the fat off and let the gyro meat rest for a few minutes. Stand on a cutting board lengthwise and shave off what you're going to eat right away.
8. Serve on homemade pitas with the tzatziki sauce and spinach pie on the side!

Since then, Greek food has been in the spotlight for it's use of fresh herbs and spices, protein packed Greek yogurt, and flavorful meats. A classic recipe for Tzatziki Sauce - a Greek yogurt-cucumber sauce commonly used for gyros and kebobs. This sauce is incredibly easy to make, and the key is to make sure that the cucumber is salted and drained before being thoroughly dried and chopped fine. Easy Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce. It's a simple cucumber sauce made with fresh dill, red wine vinegar, Greek yogurt, and garlic.

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