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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Mix all meat together with spices (no lemon) and let sit in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Blend in a food processor to smooth texture and shape into a spit. | 2. GRILL: | 3. (Optional) Squeeze lemon juice over meat. Form into an oblong loaf around a spit. Slow cook over a grill fro around 30-45 minutes. Cook far from the coals or gas burner, and ratate slowly. | 4. OVEN: | 5. Alternatively, shape as a loaf and bake in the oven. (Optional) Squeeze lemon juice over loaf. Bake meatloaf for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, at 325ºF. It should be a bit dry. | 6. CROCKPOT: | 7. Alternatively, to cook in a crockpot, mix together all ingredients except onion and garlic. After blending and forming, place onions and garlic surrounding shaped spiced meat in a crockpot. (Optionally) Squeeze lemon juice over loaf and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours, or on HIGH for 2 hours. Remove meat carefully (will be very flimsy from crockpot). | 8. TZATZIKI SAUCE: | 9. Place the yogurt in a tea towel, gather up the edges, suspend over a bowl, and drain for 2 hours in the refrigerator. Place the chopped cucumber in a tea towel and squeeze to remove the liquid; discard liquid. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the drained yogurt, cucumber, salt, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, and mint. Serve as a sauce for the gyros. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week. | 10. SERVE: | 11. Gyro meat thinly sliced over pita bread with Tzatziki Sauce and veggies. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pork	1	1	ground ground	1705.536	0.0	63.0958	159.0775
onion	1/2	cup	chopped shredded	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic	2	teaspoons	minced	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
salt	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	ground	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
rosemary	1/2	teaspoon	ground	0.4585	0.0724	0.0116	0.0205
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
paprika	1	teaspoon		6.486000000000001	1.2418	0.3252	0.2965
cucumber	1		peeled seeded chopped drained	-	-	-	-
plain nonfat yogurt	1	cup		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
garlic clove	3		minced	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
mint	2	tablespoons	chopped minced	-	-	-	-
red wine vinegar	2	teaspoons		1.9	0.027000000000000003	0.004	0.0
flour tortilla				-	-	-	-
lettuce			shredded	-	-	-	-
tomato			sliced	-	-	-	-

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