Slow Cooker Gyro Recipe
Hello there, Slow Cookerers!!
Every once in a while I like to throw out an "advanced" recipe for you all.
This is a phenomenal recipe, but there are some steps involved.
But you can do this. I know you can.
First thing -- read through EVERYTHING before getting started.
Essentially, Gyro is a meatloaf --- that's all you need to remember in this situation. And meatloaf? you can totally make meatloaf!!
Slow Cooker Gyro Recipe
serves 6 ish
For the gyro meat:
1/2 pound ground lamb
1/2 pound ground turkey
2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 chopped onion
3 cloves minced garlic
juice from 1 lemon
For the Tzatziki sauce (optional, but not really):
1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1 cup plain non fat yogurt
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
juice from 1 lemon
Extra stuff (optional. for reals.):
--pita bread (but we used corn tortillas)
--lettuce
--tomatoes
--feta cheese
--olives
The Directions.
Don't freak out about the number of ingredients.
This comes together very quickly. I promise.
Chop up the onion, and 3 cloves of garlic, and put them in the bottom of your crockpot.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the two kinds of ground meat with the paprika and oregano.
If your spices don't have a fresh smell anymore, or if you think they may have been purchased in the 90s, consider buying fresh bottles for this dish.
Make a little meatloaf with your hands.
Put the meatloaf log on top of the chopped onion and garlic in your crockpot.
Squeeze the juice of one lemon over the top of the meat.
Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours, or on HIGH for about 2.
While you are waiting for the meat to cook, make up a batch of the yummy Tzatziki sauce and put it in the fridge.
You will know when the meat is done, because it will not be raw when you cut into it.
This is all so very technical, you know.
Carefully! remove the meat from the crockpot and slice it thinly on a cutting board.
Serve it with pitas (or corn or brown rice tortillas) with the Tzatziki sauce and whatever desired fixings you have chosen.
The Verdict.
I love making these!
This is not greasy, and the flavor is very very good. When I was young, one of my first jobs was working at the San Francisco Zoo, in the Education Department.
There was a gyro stand across the street that I really enjoyed eating at. This crockpot gyro is surprisingly reminiscent, but without the grease.
Score!!
Happy Slow Cooking!!
Enjoy!!
Hello there, Slow Cookerers!!
Every once in a while I like to throw out an "advanced" recipe for you all.
This is a phenomenal recipe, but there are some steps involved.
But you can do this. I know you can.
First thing -- read through EVERYTHING before getting started.
Essentially, Gyro is a meatloaf --- that's all you need to remember in this situation. And meatloaf? you can totally make meatloaf!!
Slow Cooker Gyro Recipe
serves 6 ish
For the gyro meat:
1/2 pound ground lamb
1/2 pound ground turkey
2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 chopped onion
3 cloves minced garlic
juice from 1 lemon
For the Tzatziki sauce (optional, but not really):
1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1 cup plain non fat yogurt
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
juice from 1 lemon
Extra stuff (optional. for reals.):
--pita bread (but we used corn tortillas)
--lettuce
--tomatoes
--feta cheese
--olives
The Directions.
Don't freak out about the number of ingredients.
This comes together very quickly. I promise.
Chop up the onion, and 3 cloves of garlic, and put them in the bottom of your crockpot.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the two kinds of ground meat with the paprika and oregano.
If your spices don't have a fresh smell anymore, or if you think they may have been purchased in the 90s, consider buying fresh bottles for this dish.
Make a little meatloaf with your hands.
Put the meatloaf log on top of the chopped onion and garlic in your crockpot.
Squeeze the juice of one lemon over the top of the meat.
Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours, or on HIGH for about 2.
While you are waiting for the meat to cook, make up a batch of the yummy Tzatziki sauce and put it in the fridge.
You will know when the meat is done, because it will not be raw when you cut into it.
This is all so very technical, you know.
Carefully! remove the meat from the crockpot and slice it thinly on a cutting board.
Serve it with pitas (or corn or brown rice tortillas) with the Tzatziki sauce and whatever desired fixings you have chosen.
The Verdict.
I love making these!
This is not greasy, and the flavor is very very good. When I was young, one of my first jobs was working at the San Francisco Zoo, in the Education Department.
There was a gyro stand across the street that I really enjoyed eating at. This crockpot gyro is surprisingly reminiscent, but without the grease.
Score!!
Happy Slow Cooking!!
Enjoy!!
