If your family likes gyros as much as mine, they'll love this easy version that's made with ground beef instead of lamb. I found the recipe in a newspaper and adapted it to fit our tastes. They're very much like the ones served at a local restaurant. A cucumber yogurt sauce adds an authentic finishing touch. —Ruth Stahl, Shepherd, Montana

Ground Beef Gyros

yogurt

cucumber

onion

garlic clove,

sugar

GYROS:

oregano

garlic powder

onion powder

salt, optional

pepper

beef

pita pocket halves

lettuce

tomato,

onion,

28g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat

In a small bowl, combine first 5 ingredients; chill. In a large bowl, combine seasonings; crumble beef over mixture and mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 4 patties.

Grill patties, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from heat for 6-7 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 160°. Cut patties into thin slices; stuff into pita halves. Add lettuce, tomato and onion. Serve with yogurt sauce.

I have been making this recipe for years using ground lamb and adding some dill to the sauce. I don't do the burgers, just cook the meat in a pan and crumble it up well, using Greek seasoning if I have it. Once made this will save well for days to make a quick and tasty lunch or dinner. The meat mixture also freezes well for individual portions. Easy peasy!!

I didn't have any plain yogurt on hand so I used sour cream, which was a bit too rich for this recipe. I think the yogurt would have been better. But, it was delicious anyway, and I will make it again using the yogurt. Great, easy recipe for a hot summer's day. I made the sauce and assembled the burgers in the morning. Pan fried the burgers (I have no grill and did not want to heat up the oven) and added the tomatoes and onion just before serving. Yum!

Gyros are a family favorite so we really liked this recipe. I always sub sour cream for yogurt in any dish. For our tastes next time - no sugar in the sauce and less of the optional salt for the meat.

Excellent even though I used chicken.

I was pleasantly surprised how flavorful this was for so few ingredients going in to season the beef mixture.  This was AMAZING!  I used sour cream instead of yogurt for the sauce as that's all I had on hand.   I will definitely make again.

Got so tired of paying top dollar at restaurants for gyro. Finally took the dive and made this. I used iceberg lettuce as a wrap instead of the pita and premade tzaziki from Costco. It's heaven and nearly carb-free. Thanks so much. Shared with all my friends on FB.  If you lay it all out as a buffet -style meal, it makes a gorgeous platter as build-your-own gyro.

Great recipe - I haven't made gyros in years, and made this recipe the other night after eating out with my daughter and she had asked me what they were (had seen them on the restaurant's menu). They were delicious, and the sauce made with yogurt was a nice light variation - I had used sour cream years ago, but would make this again. I also broiled the patties in the oven instead of grilling them, and this worked well.

This very good I also used 1lb Hamburger plus 1lb Ground Pork It was good.

I love this quick and easy recipe. I use ground turkey because that is my preference. And I use a different tzatziki recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks. But served with pita, onions, tomato, and feta? YUM. Even better with some homemade falafel on the side.

So quick and easy and so like the real thing. I love gyros and will definitely make this again soon.  P.S. Relatively inexpensive too! A real bonus!

I love lamb gyros, so thought I'd try this. I used to raise my own lamb, and still have lamb in the freezer, so I substituted hamburger for ground lamb. This was really good.  As I have lamb in the freezer, I've been pondering making a loaf of 'gyro meat' using Alton Brown's recipe/method, which I'm sure is very good.  But it requires a lot of work & time.  For me, there is no need to try attempt his recipe now, because I think this recipe is a quick, easy, delicious substitute for the real deal gyros I love. I'll be making it again, and again........

A great recipe for at-home gyros. We didn't make the patties, just added the ground beef to the pitas with the other ingredients.

My family loved the yogurt cucumber sauce. They started dipping their baby carrots and veggies! But they just thought the sandwiches were ok - they like hamburgers better :). So I will make the sauce again, but probably not the rest of the sandwiches.

This was SO good!!  My family loved it, even though they were a little nervous about trying it.  Everyone had seconds.  It was great.

Super easy recipe, very good taste. We buy pita shells from a local restaurant instead of trying to find ones that wont fall apart in a regular grocery store. I make the cucumber sauce with sour cream instead of yogurt, just as a personal preference.

This was very good and we loved it!  We are going to be making these a few more times this summer.

I admit, I went into this recipe skeptical (even though 5 star rating) that it would rival what we enjoy at sitdown Greek restaraunts. Pleasantly surprised at how authentic it tasted. Wonderful recipe.

My family loves these! I think they would rather eat these than regular hamburgers! I think what makes them really good is to buy authentic Greek pitas. We buy them from our local Greek restaurant. For the sauce: I used Greek yogurt, added some fresh chopped dill and finely chopped the cucumbers. We also double the filling recipe.

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ground beef gyros

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Taste of Home Editorial Team

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