Beef With Yogurt (Homemade Gyros)

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	118ml	Dry red wine
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil or veg. Oil
2 teaspoons	10ml	Minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried oregano - crushed
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1		Pepper
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Flank steak
1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter or margarine
4		Pitas
3 cups	438g / 15oz	Chopped lettuce
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Tomato - peel/seed/dice
1 cup	237ml	Cucumber - peel/seed/dice
1 cup	237ml	Plain yogurt

Recipe Instructions

Combine wine, oil, garlic and oregano, salt, and pepper. Cut steak into strips, 2" long by 1/4" wide, or as thin as possible. Pour wine marinade over beef strips, and let stand for 1 hour at room temp. Drain meat strips and cook in two batches, in hot butter, stirring, for 2 to 3mins, or until brown on all sides. Serve meat in a chafing dish or a hot tray to keep warm.

Open one end of pita to make pocket. Set out dishes of lettuce, tomato, cucumber and yogurt. Allow each person to fill his own pita. The restaurant type gyros are made of compressed meat and roasted on a vertical skewer. (meat consists of various cuts of beef that are chopped, minced or ground and then compressed into large cylindrical shape) This recipe is a good substitute for the commercial type.

Note: Commercial yogurt can be thickened by placing a double layer of paper towels directly over the top of yogurt to absorb the liquid. Refrigerate overnight and remove paper.

Source:
Jeff Smith

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