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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place the lamb cubes in a large mixing bowl. | 2. Combine all the marinade ingredients in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade, and process to a puree. | 3. Pour the marinade over the lamb. | 4. Toss the meat to coat well with the marinade. | 5. Cover and let marinate for at least 4 hours at room temp or refrigerate overnight. | 6. Prepare the mayonnaise and/or tzatziki, cover and refrigerate. | 7. Toss the onion with the vinegar, cover, and refrigerate. | 8. Wrap the pitas in foil and keep warm in a preheated 350~ oven while you cook the lamb. | 9. Bring the lamb to room temp. | 10. Thread the lamb cubes onto the skewers. | 11. Prepare a medium-hot fire in a grill. | 12. Place the lamb on the grill and cook, turning them frequently, until the lamb is medium rare, about 7 minutes. | 13. Transfer the lamb cubes to a warm platter, and remove the lamb from the skewers. | 14. These can also be broiled. | 15. Set out the pita breads, lamb, the mayonnaise and/or tzatziki, onion, lettuce, and tomatoes at the table for guests to help themselves. | 16. Spread some mayonnaise or tzatziki over a pita. | 17. Distribute a few cubes of lamb on the bread and top with onion, lettuce, and tomatoes. | 18. Sprinkle with a few drops of Tabasco sauce, if desired, roll up the pita, and eat the sandwich out of hand. | 19. If you use store-bought instead of homemade pocketless pita breads, reheat them before serving. | 20. To reheat,wrap them in foil in stacks of 2. | 21. Place the foil-wrapped pita breads in a preheated 400~ oven until they are soft, about 15 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
leg lamb	2		boneless lean	2086.56	0.0	162.4795	154.859
onion	2/3	cup		42.6667	9.9627	1.1733	0.1067
parsley	2/3	cup		14.4	2.532	1.188	0.316
olive oil	2/3	cup		1272.96	0.0	0.0	144.0
lemon juice	1/3	cup		17.8933	5.612	0.2847	0.1952
garlic	2	tablespoons		25.33	5.6202	1.0812	0.085
oregano leaf	2	tablespoons	dried	-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	tablespoon	ground	17.319000000000003	4.4126	0.7169	0.2249
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
mayonnaise				-	-	-	-
onion	1			42.6667	9.9627	1.1733	0.1067
red wine vinegar	1	tablespoon		2.8310000000000004	0.0402	0.006	0.0
pita bread	8			-	-	-	-
lettuce	2	cups	shredded	10.8	2.0664	0.9792	0.10800000000000001
tomato	2			44.28	9.5694	2.1648	0.49200000000000005
tabasco sauce				-	-	-	-
metal skewer bamboo	8			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.