Description
Slow-cooked or Instant Pot Beef Gyros served with fresh toppings and tzatziki sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds beef chuck roast, sliced into thin ¼-inch strips
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 2½ teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 5 soft pitas
- 5 lettuce leaves
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 English cucumber, sliced and halved
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 clove garlic, finely minced
- 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Combine all tzatziki sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Stir well and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Trim large pieces of fat from the beef roast and slice into thin ¼-inch strips.
- Place beef in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Mix olive oil, garlic powder, oregano, cumin, thyme, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Pour over beef.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours or until beef is tender.
- Assemble gyros: Place a lettuce leaf on each pita. Top with beef, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and tzatziki sauce.
- For Instant Pot, trim and slice beef as above, and place in the Instant Pot.
- Mix ⅓ cup water, olive oil, garlic powder, oregano, cumin, thyme, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Pour over beef.
- Cover, set the valve to “sealing,” and cook on Manual/High Pressure for 30 minutes.
- Allow to rest for 15 minutes before releasing pressure. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
- Assemble gyros as above.
Notes
- Tzatziki sauce and all vegetables can be prepared in advance and stored separately in the fridge.
- Beef can be frozen before or after cooking. For best results, freeze thinly sliced beef in a freezer-safe bag with the marinade. Thaw completely in the fridge before cooking.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours (Slow Cooker) or 45 minutes (Instant Pot)
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Slow Cooker or Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 gyro
- Calories: 798 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 898 mg
- Fat: 44 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 28 g
- Trans Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 63 g
- Cholesterol: 190 mg
Keywords: Beef Gyros, Slow Cooker, Instant Pot, Tzatziki Sauce