Tender pieces of beef with soft onions, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy cucumber yogurt sauce all wrapped up in soft, melt in your mouth pita bread. The beef is cooked until tender in your electric pressure cooker in less than an hour. 

Instant Pot Beef Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

lbs beef chuck

large onion, sliced very thinly

olive oil

garlic powder

oregano

salt

tsp pepper

lemon juice

beef broth

Salt and pepper,

pita bread

Lettuce

Tomatoes

plain Greek yogurt

dill dill

tsp salt

garlic clove,

Salt and pepper

Add beef, onion, oil, garlic powder, oregano, salt, pepper, lemon juice and broth to the Instant Pot. Cover and turn the valve to &#8220;sealing.&#8221; Press manual/pressure cook button and set the timer for 25 minutes (high pressure).

Once the time is up let the pot sit undisturbed for 15 minutes. Then move the valve to venting. Open the pot and stir. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Make the tzatziki sauce. Combine yogurt, cucumber, dill, salt and garlic in medium bowl. Stir until creamy and combined. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve beef over pita folds with Tzatziki sauce, onions, tomatoes, lettuce and feta.

Where would I find the cucumber yogurt suace?

I made mine using Greek yogurt and Hidden Valley Ranch cucumber dill dry seasoning mix. It was very good!

I totally forgot to add the 1/3 cup water (listed in the ingredients but not the directions) but mine turned out fantastic! My husband said it was the best gyro he'd eaten. Definitely putting this in regular rotation, just blown away by how tender it was. Thanks!

Made this tonight and the family gobbled it up. I personally thought the meat could have had a bit more flavor - in saying that the meat ended up in so much liquid that I had to strain it and probably lost flavor that way.  Used chuck steak and it was def the right cut to use! Will make again,  not add water and add  fresh garlic and more herbs!  Thanks!

This was really good. I like a bolder flavor so I used beef stock(instead of water), some seasoning salt, and about a half pack of dry beef/onion soup mix in with the other recipe ingredients.  Let in marinate for about an hour. 25 minutes with a Power XL.

I must have done something wrong. I added the 1/3 cup of water and then put it in the Instant Pot on manual for 30 minutes on high pressure. Once it was done I left it for 15 minutes NPR but I ended up with close to 4 cups of water in the pot and a large amount of the meat had all but disintegrated.

All in all, I think I'll will try to make it again as I think this recipe has a lot going for it. 

Thanks for sharing!

Made this today, with fresh garlic too.  OMG so simple and great taste, used a 3lb roast and I'm so glad, yummmmm.

Rating this 4 stars for effort! Was very good! Use Greek seasoning in place of spices, can be found in high end grocery stores and is around $2. Very cheap. Tazaki is best if prepared first and sit’s in the fridge, while you prepare the rest, the longer it sits the better it gets! I have been making it for years and is a family favorite. I have another recipe I use for tacos, replace dill with cilantro, lemons with lime juice, leave out cucumber and add cumin. Yum!

Not great.  The amount of liquid in this recipe was ridiculously low and even after doubling the liquid it still burned before those 30 minutes were up.  Why would anyone use water when they could use stock? At 24 minutes, I thought my 1-1/2 lb roast meat was a little dry and overdone. Having tried other gyro recipes with more authentic ingredients ie lamb, I was pretty disappointed that it didn’t really taste like gyro meat.  Should’ve known better.  

I made my own pocketless pitas, which saved the recipe along with my own homemade Tzatziki.  I won’t make this again, at least not like this. Sorry author!

Thank you to everyone who posted their experiences! Based on this advice, i added: 2 gloves garlic, minced; 1/4 t cumin; 1 t salt (up a 1/2 t); 1 t smoked paprika; omitted the garlic salt; beef broth instead of water; and let it sit one hour before starting the IP.

It was delicious, and we can walk to Chicago’s greektown from our house! I love that i know what went into my meal, and that i even know the farmer who raised the beef (we have a beef CSA). So much better and now we won’t feel yucky tomorrow from all the stuff we don’t know about! Thank you!

Thank you so much for this recipe!  It was fantastic- even my kids devoured it! I couldn't find great pita, so I used Naan that I put on my griddle top for a couple minutes with a little butter. The whole thing was amazing and I'll definitely be making it again!!

Made this tonight for dinner. It was scrumptious! Followed the recipe exactly, will definitely make again. Whole family loved it.

I am confused, is this soup? How is it meant to go on a pita without completely soaking it? In no way shape or form would I have compared this to gyros, it doesn't taste the same, isn't the same texture, and gyros meat is never boiled... There are just some things that don't belong in a pressure cooker, and gyros are definitely on that list. Another review had compared it to pot roast and that review was dead on.

I did that! I did adjust the other ingredients up a bit to our taste. It turned out fantastic! Thanks!

This recipe turned out great! My boyfriend wasn't sure about the sauce at first but ended up liking it. Though he said it's not something he would eat regularly as it's an unique food. I thought it was great!

At the 30 min mark, with a brief wait, my son opened it in anticipation and found some still slightly pink.  He still ate it, said it needed to be more tender.  Closed the pot and left on for a bit more.  

Overall, recipe is a keeper, flavor is great,  just need to tweak the time.  Is there a way to make it more tender after you open it?

Loved the chicken  gyros so much I was going to substitute &amp; try with beef. I am so glad I checked for a beef gyro recipe ~ delish!! I used a (2" thick) beef chuck BLADE steak, that I thought was a 'chuck roast' when I bought it. I was worried that cut might be tough in the pressure cooker so I tenderized it first then sliced thin per your instructions. I added an additional 1/4 water as I was worried there wouldn't be enough liquid - I did not need the extra liquid.  It was delicious and very tender!  I used full fat yogurt this time and agree with you~ the taste is worth using it.  I live in a small town and only Walmart carries Greek style pitas - their brand was the only choice however lucked out ~ very soft and taste-y. I'll try your recipe link for pitas one day when I am feeling more adventurous. Thanks for another fabulous recipe!! I am officially stuck on making gyros at home! Also, which seasoning profile do you think would be best with pork ~ the chicken or the beef? Thanks!

Made this in my six quart Instant Pot.  The only changes I made were to use diced garlic instead of garlic salt and added just a bit more beef stock.  Turned out delicious!  Even finicky kids loved it.

Made this as my first IP recipe it was so good. I will difanitaly make it again.

The partial freeze is also a great tip for dicing bacon!  Recipe was great.

These were fantastic. Not quite a gyro for us, but definitely delish. We followed the recipe as is. We did run into a little quirk though with your TZATZIKI. Greek yogurt was by far to thick and didn't take quite right. We ended up adding about a teaspoon of lemon juice to help thin it out. Next time we will try your recipe with just plan yogurt and not use greek.

Used Naan instead of pita :) delicious recipe will absolutely make again!

I've found premade gyro slices at Trader Joe's and they also have tzatziki sauce as well.

I made this tonight and I followed the recipe to a tee. I found the beef was over cooked and like dust in my mouth. There wasn’t  a lot of flavour. Very disappointed.

I thought this was delicious. I wish I would have doubled it. I'll be making more tomorrow night.

This recipe was ah-mazing and SO delicious! My family (kids included!) absolutely loved this. I agree with another poster that doubling the recipe is a must. We had enough for dinner, but really wanted leftovers it was so good. They immediately asked me when can I make this again!

I made this tonight and it was a hit with my husband and I! The sauce ..(sigh..) so good.  We ate ours with naan bread, feta and kalamata olives .yummy!

So delicious Karen!!! Only change I’d make is add French fries. In Greece they put them in the gyros (and most other places other than the US) Big hit in the Allen household. Miss you, beautiful!!

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Full recipe and instructions here: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/instant-pot-beef-gyros/

Instant Pot Beef Gyros–Tender pieces of beef with soft onions, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy cucumber yogurt sauce all wrapped up in soft, melt in your mouth pita bread. The beef is cooked until tender in your electric pressure cooker in less than an hour.

instant pot beef gyros with tzatziki sauce

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 26 minutes

Servings: 4

Cost: $11.53 /serving

Author : Karen Petersen

Ingredients

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