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Greek Gyros

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Ingredients

Servings:
  • 3 kgpork neck
  • 250 gGyros Rub
  • 50 gfresh chives
  • 30 gfresh oregano
  • 1 piecered onion
  • 2 piecegarlic cloves
  • 1 piecelemon
  • 1 piecewhite onion
  • 8 pieceTurkish breads, small
  • 75 gfresh lettuce
  • 4 piecetomatoes
  • 500 mlTzaziki Sauce

Preparation

  1. 1

    Slice up 3 kg of pork neck into thin slices.

  2. 2

    Make 250 grams of Gyros Rub according to its recipe.

  3. 3

    Chop up 50 grams of fresh chives and 30 grams of fresh oregano.

  4. 4

    Layer out butchers paper or baking paper on a large table and layer out all the individual slices of pork neck next to each other.

  5. 5

    Apply a nice and thick coating of gyros rub on all the pork slices and continue by applying the chives and oregano.

  6. 6

    Use a microplane to grate 1 red onion on top of the sliced pork and repeat with 2 cloves of garlic.

  7. 7

    Squeeze out 1 lemon on top of the meat and work in all flavors by pressing your hands on top of the pork.

  8. 8

    Grab your rotisserie skewer and place half a white onion on the bottom on top of the pins.

  9. 9

    Slide each individual slice of pork on the skewer making sure the seasoning is pointed upwards.

  10. 10

    Work your way upwards until all the meat is equally divided and place the other half of the onion and pins on top to secure it.

  11. 11

    Fire up your BBQ and set your back burner to the lowest setting while the indirect heat of the side burners is running at low setting.

  12. 12

    Close the lid and let your gyros rotate for about 30 minutes.

  13. 13

    Slice up 4 tomatoes, 75 grams of lettuce and 2 red onions into rings.

  14. 14

    Make 500 ml of Tzatziki Sauce according to its recipe.

  15. 15

    Slide in a tray and slice off your first batch of gyros when the outside has crusted up.

  16. 16

    Set the back burner to full throttle and keep building up that crust while slicing it off when ready.

  17. 17

    Prepare some Turkish bread and cut it in half.

  18. 18

    Stuff it with thin sliced gyros, lettuce, sliced tomato and fresh Tzatziki Sauce.