Grilled Lamb Gyros


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 455.1
  • Total Fat: 19.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 76.1 mg
  • Sodium: 1,278.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 44.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
  • Protein: 27.9 g

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Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    1 Medium Onion, cut into chunks
    2 garlic cloves
    2 tbsp xylitol
    1 tbsp ground mustard
    .5 tsp ground ginger
    1.5 tsp pepper
    .5 tsp cayenne pepper
    .5 cup soy sauce
    .25 cup water
    2lbs lamb stew meat
    CUCUMBER SAUCE:
    1 medium cucumber
    4 garlic cloves
    .5 tsp salt
    .33 cup cider vinegar
    .33 cup olive oil
    2 cups light sour cream
    10 whole wheat pita pockets
    Thinly sliced onions
    Chopped Tomatoes

Directions

Blend onion, garlic, xylitol, mustard, ginger, pepper, and cayenne in a food processor until onion is finely chopped. Add soy sauce and water and process until blended.Place with lamb in a large plastic zip lock and marinade for 1-2 hours in refrigerator.
For sauce, combine the cucumber, garlic and salt in food processor and process until cucumber is chopped, add vinegar and oil then process until blended, transfer to bowl and stir in sour cream. Refrigerate until serving.
Drain and discard marinade. Grill beef, covered, over medium-hot heat until meat is done. Put meat in pitas with cucumber sauce, sliced onion and tomato. Makes 10 sandwiches.

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JASI27.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Very Good
    I cheated and bought pre-sliced lamb already seasoned at the butcher shop. All I had to do was fry it a bit, slice the onion and tomato and heat the pitas. The tzatziki sauce was very good. - 1/24/21