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But the next time you have a craving for Mediterranean food, consider this recipe for chicken gyros with tzatziki from Sonja and Alex Overhiser’s new cookbook, A Couple Cooks: 100 Recipes to ...
Thinly slice the meat against the grain and serve on the pita or lavash topped with the parsley, peppers, red onions and tzatziki. Tzatziki • 1/2 c. grated English cucumber
Gyros (γύρος) Roasted and sliced meat (usually pork or chicken, rarely beef or lamb) on a turning spit, typically served with sauces like tzatziki and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread (a popular fast food in Greece and Cyprus). Kotopoulo me ryzi (κοτόπουλο με ρύζι) Chicken with rice
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Gyros, sometimes anglicized as a gyro [2] [3] [4] (/ ˈ j ɪər oʊ, ˈ dʒ ɪər-, ˈ dʒ aɪ r-/; Greek: γύρος, romanized: yíros/gyros, lit. 'turn', pronounced) in some regions, is meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced and served wrapped or stuffed in pita bread, along with other ingredients such as tomato, onion, fried potatoes, and tzatziki.
The garlic sauce served with the sandwich depends on the meat. Toum or toumie sauce is made from garlic, vegetable oil, lemon, and egg white or starch, and is usually served with chicken shawarma. Tarator sauce is made from garlic, tahini sauce, lemon, and water, and is served with beef shawarma.
The Halal Guys also serve a white sauce condiment which patrons cite as a favorite and has been described as "famous". [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] A "distant cousin of tzatziki ", the Halal Guys' white sauce has been the subject of multiple recreations based on ingredients on to-go packets, but to no avail.
The main difference between shawarma and gyro is the meat. Unlike gyros, which typically contain beef in addition to lamb, the packed-down shawarma meat can include chicken, lamb, turkey, veal, or ...