Crock Pot Style Gyros I
I have never figured out how to say this, is it "Hero" or "Gyro" or "Year O". Either way, this sounds good. This is not traditional by any means as lamb is not used, but you are free to use that if you wish. This can be pork, beef, pork and beef, chicken, chicken and beef, chicken and pork. The original recipe stated beef and turkey, turkey is costly but feel free to use that if you wish. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
Meat
- 500 grams ground beef, OR minced pork
- 500 grams ground chicken
- 1 onion, sliced
- 3 cloves galic, smashed and chopped
- 2 teaspoons Greek seasoning, OR make from a shortcut on this site
Sauce
- 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon Greek seasoning, OR make from a shortcut on this site
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
To serve
- flour or corn tortillas
- lettuce, shredded
Instructions
- Place onion and garlic into your slow cooker. Mix together meat and Greek seasoning. Form into two small loaves and place on top of onions and garlic. Cook on Low setting for 4-5 hours or until done, use of a meat thermometer would be a bonus here.
- While the slow cooker is started, prepare your sauce. Just mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl, cover and refrigerate until the meat is done.
- When the meat is done, carefully lift this out of the pot and place on a cutting board and let it rest for about 5 minutes.
- Slice the meat thin and serve on tortillas with shredded lettuce and the sauce. Enjoy.
Notes
Ground beef will run about 100 Baht (that is a guess since I do not have that here), minced pork would be about 60 Baht/500 grams, and chicken about 40 Baht/500 grams (another guess). The costly item is the flour tortillas, store bought is about 230 Baht for a pack of 10 (I need to learn how to make these!) Using the beef price and the tortillas, and figuring 6 servings, this is about $1.60 per serving, it goes down with pork, and chicken, and if using chicken only (which sounds really good) this would be under $1 per serving.
Shortcut: Greek Seasoning.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
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