Guilt-Free Ground Turkey Gyros
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 gyros meatloaf
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground turkey
- 1⁄2 cup oatmeal
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄8 teaspoon allspice
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Put all of the ingredients in a bowl, and spend a few minutes kneading the resulting mixture with your hands so everything is combined well.
- Pour the mixture onto a lightly oiled 9x13 pan. Smash it down with your hands a bit until it looks like a very large hamburger patty.
- Bake it for 35 minutes.
- Remove, then cut the meat into thin slices and serve. If you want a crispier, more authentic gyros texture, lay the sliced meat down on the pan and place in the broiler for 5 more minutes.
Reviews
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Excellent! The seasonings are spot-on. The addition of oatmeal (though I initially felt hesitant about adding it in) was genius. It created the perfect gyro meat texture. Who needs lamb?!<br/><br/>I did use a pinch of cinnamon, as I had no allspice on-hand.<br/><br/>I will be making this again & again. Thanks for sharing!
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I was so happy with the results of the first attempt that I'm preparing to make my second batch now at the wee early hour of 7:27 am to be used not as gyro meat, but as hot dog meat with gyro flavor. I cut the meat into hotdog length strips and then place on a soft wheat bun with whatever dressing I prefer. The seasoning of the meat is perfect. I didn't belch seasonings for hours afterwards or anything unpleasant like that, and that tells me this guy has zeroed in his spice portions perfectly. For the $3 it costs for 1 LB of ground turkey, I can make up almost 10 gyro flavor turkey hot dogs with no preservatives or mystery meat. I did use this meat inside of a traditional gyro and it was impressive. Few turkey meat recipes online turn out well in the kitchen. I've grown so tired of turkey burgers as of late, so thank you for bringing some economical variety to my kitchen.
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Tweaks
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Loved this tonight for dinner. I followed everything except used wheat bran instead of oats to save carbs. The fam had this in pitas with yogurt dill sauce, feta, tomato, lettuce and onion. I had mine as a salad and it was very tasty. Not over seasoned like I worried it might be. Nice balance of seasoning. Thanks for sharing.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
rpgaymer
Chicago, Illinois
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