Six step recipe for making gyros!

by Harry G. on Jun 03, 2010 in Greek Cooking

It’s not often that I come across an original Greek recipe for gyros. My dad used to work at a local Chicago meat-market that specialized in the mass production and distribution of gyro. He’s told me many horror-stories of how the meat was processed and converted into the compressed cones of meat one typically finds in an average fast food joint in the States.
As you all know, gyros is the national Greek food! The breakfast of champions… :)
This 6-step video comes much closer to the original thing. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did.

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7 Responses to “Six step recipe for making gyros!”

  1. Anthi Jun 09, 2010 at 5:02 pm #

    I always wondered how they made the gyro cone! Nice clip…
    I would like to share my recipe…For when in a hurry and very HUNGRY!!!!

    Ingridients:

    2 Pork fillets
    2 Tomatoes
    1 Onion
    Pita Bread
    Tzatziki sause
    Lemon, salt, pepper, oregano, olive oil
    Chips

    Cut the pork Fillets in strips, add salt and pepper and place on a grill
    In a cup add olive oil, lemmon juice, oregano, and salt. Mix well.
    When the pork is cooked to your liking, place the pork in a bowl and poor
    the lemmon mixture over the pork and mix. Set bowl aside.
    Cut up the tomatoes and onions
    Fill your pita bread with chips, onions, tomatoes, tzatziki sauce, and pork!
    Sereve with chips and enjoy!

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    • gene sedita Nov 08, 2010 at 7:12 pm #

      Nice video. Are those the same spices he uses in the video? What cut/s of meat do you use for the gyro or your home method? Efxaristo poli, tzin sendita. (filellinas)

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  2. Hazel Sep 14, 2010 at 8:00 am #

    Hey, I was reading your post and I just wanted to thank you for putting out such excellent content. There is so much junk on the internet these days its difficult to find anything worthwhile. I actually have cooked this recipe before, I got this book last month on recommendation from a friend http://ninjahq.com/go/cookingrecipes and it turned out quite nice! I’m very eager to try your variation of it though, it looks fantastic. I think you might enjoy those recipes, they’re very good. Thanks for the article and great ideas.

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  3. gene sedita Nov 08, 2010 at 7:21 pm #

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    • Harry G. Dec 20, 2010 at 4:14 pm #

      Not at all Evyenie. The more constructive criticisms we get, the better our site can eventually become!

      Harry G.

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    • Harry G. Apr 14, 2011 at 8:37 pm #

      Thank you for your kind words Lenny. Good luck with your Greek.

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