Salsa of fresh peaches. Add tortilla chips to the dish. Can be consumed right away or left to stand for a few hours to let the flavors meld.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 14 mins |
| Total Time: | 44 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 (8 ounce) containers plain yogurt, divided
- 1 (1 ounce) package dry Ranch-style dressing mix
- 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
- ¼ cup diced onion
- 6 pita bread rounds
- 2 cups torn lettuce leaves
- 1 tomato, seeded and diced
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine 1 container of plain yogurt with the envelope of ranch dressing mix. Remove half of the mixture to another bowl. Into one of the bowls, add the remaining container of plain yogurt and diced cucumber; mix well. Cover and refrigerate. Preheat grill and lightly oil grate.
- Mix the ground beef and 1/4 cup onion into the remaining half of the yogurt mixture. Shape into 6 hamburger patties.
- Grill patties on medium heat for 7 minutes each side, turning once.
- Cut off 1/4 end of the pita pockets and fill with torn lettuce, grilled burger, creamy cucumber sauce and diced tomatoes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 590 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 101 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 782 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 32 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I used 1 pound beef and 1/2 pound pork because that is what I had at home. Turned out well. The hamburgers were good just by themselves as well. Husband liked them and said I should make them again.
Very similar to an old Detroit area restaurant’s “Middle Eastern” that I’ve made for years (looked to see if anyone had an “official” recipe). Differences? Brown the ground beef as filling (not burger) with your favorite seasoning and scoop into pita pocket. Top with plain chopped/seeded cucumber, tomato, green onions and ranch dressing. For some reason, the flavors work!
Delicious! I used ground turkey in place of the ground beef and they turned out great!
Too bland. You can add some spices to get a little bit more out of it (we added lemon juice from 1 lemon, ground pepper, 1 clove garlic, 1 tsp garlic powder). But it is so quick and easy and light that I will probably make again. We did not make the meat into patties since we had snow out on our deck but rather just browned and added the dressing and onions after we drained the fat. Adding feta to top it off really added a nice touch.
The burgers were O.K. The sauce was not good with the burgers- but great for a salad dressing! The sauce doesn’t come close to the sauce the regular gyros have on them.
This was pretty good. Next time I would just brown the meat into crumbles so that its easier to stuff in the pita without ripping it.
The name may be mis-leading, but this can be tasty. It’s just not really gyros. I think people are missing the lamb taste – pretty distinctive taste, and pretty different from beef. They used to serve something like this at a restaurant we went to, and we loved them. The big difference: loose hamburger meat. The good thing about the meat being loose rather than in a burger form is that the flavors can mingle better. Give this a try.
Sorry, I’m gonna have to stick with my neighborhood Greek restaurant if I want a good gyro. Not very authentic-tasting, and the meat got a weird consistency, so I would recommend frying. If you would even attempt this recipe, because I’m sure there are better ones out there.
My family liked the burgers very much and, unike some other reviewers, we had no problem with them falling apart. The sauce could easily have been cut in half and still be more than enough for 6 burgers. Sauce could have used some more zing. Next time I will add garlic, pepper and lemon juice and some fresh chopped dill. Thanks!
These were OK. I was disappointed that the patties fell apart so much. The flavor was good, but not Greek at all. I bet if you added some type of Greek seasoning to the meat it would be much better. I would still probably make it again. My 4 yr old liked it.
i found the burgers dry…the pita breat uncooperative, and there wasnt much flavor to the sauce.
Like others, I couldn’t keep them from falling apart, so I just scrambled the meat mixture in a fry pan. I also added more seasoning since they were a little bland. The side sauce was good though. I put the cukes through the fdood processor to make it more smooth. Served with tator tots, so not a total loss.
The idea of this is great. I didn’t love the yogurt sauce, it was only okay. These are VERY messy!!
I thought this was really great! Especially the cucumber sauce.
Awesome! We eat at a Middle Eastern restaurant and this recipe hit the mark. The “slaw” was so similar to what we enjoy eating out. It was not complicated to make and had a punch of flavor. I think the pita bread we used was a little stale as it was impossible to make a pocket for the meat. We will defiantly make this one again. Thank you!!
The flavor was good, but the burgers didn’t stay together. They were fine, but I don’t think I’ll make them again for presentation reasons.
These were quick and easy and had more flavor than expected! Perfect meal to eat and still keep the indoors cool!
This is fabulous. It is quick and easy. The burgers are very moist and flavorful. I also added minced garlic to the sauce and the burgers. Also, I found hamburger buns easier. I placed the lettuce and sliced tomato on the side and used the cucumber sauce as a dressing. Great summer meal!
We loved this recipe! I used Trader Joe’s Buffalo Burgers and cut down on the amount of dressing that was added to each sandwich. I will definitely make this again!
If they called this something other then Gyro Burgers, then it might have been really good. But I expected gyro, um…not so much. This might pass as a gyro burger for those that pronounces it “gyro” and not “euro” like it should be and maybe never had a REAL Gyro. If you want a Gyro tasting burger, you might want to look else where.
I thought this was great except you have to really smother the burgers completely b/c the burgers themselves really have no flavor even with the mix added to it. But the cucumber sauce was delicious and will make again but spice up the burgers more! The burgers were moist and wanted to fall apart on the grill but it wasn’t too bad like other reviewers stated. I gave 5 stars b/c it was different, easy and still very flavorful!