Beef Gyros in the Instant Pot or the slow cooker makes for a delicious and easy weeknight dinner idea.
I’m going to be teaching a class on the Instant Pot for our women’s group at church this week so I’ve been playing with my Instant Pot quite a bit lately. I’ve learned a lot and discovered some fun things the Instant Pot can do. Some of the fun things I’ve been making in my Instant pot include, brown rice, potatoes, salsa, popcorn and lots more. Of course I’ll be sharing my favorites with one. One of the other experiments was this delicious, tender beef I used for beef gyros. Don’t worry if you don’t have an Instant Pot though, you can make this in your slow cooker too. Last week I shared how to convert slow cooker recipes to the Instant Pot!
I know that gyro meat is traditionally cooked on a rotisserie but since I don’t have one of those I used my Instant Pot. I had a flank steak in my freezer so that is what I used but you can use any kind of beef roast such as a chuck roast. One of the benefits of an Instant Pot is you can use tougher pieces of meat and it makes them so tender. I sliced up the roast so that the slices were about 1/4″ thick. Because I used a flank steak, I cut the meat across the grain.
This meat is flavored with garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, parsley and lemon juice. The meat has lots of delicious flavor. I like to serve it with tazatziki sauce and pita bread. My favorite pita bread is the one you find frozen at Trader Joes! I added chopped tomato, red onion and cucumber on top along with the tzatziki sauce too.
I used the meat/stew button on the Instant Pot so the meat cooked for about 30 minutes after coming to pressure. I used a natural release. So the total cook time was almost an hour. If you are making it in the slow cooker you will be cooking it on high for 3 1/2 – 4 hours or low for 6-7 hours.
Wrap up your tender meat, tzatziki, sauce, tomatoes, cucumber and onion in a warm piece of pita bread and enjoy!
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My favorite kitchen items I used to make SLOW COOKER BEEF GYROS:
SLOW COOKER – My favorite one is the classic, the Rival CrockPot. In fact, I love it so much I own three of them. Two 6 qt and one 4 qt.
CROCK POT LINER BAGS – These liner bags are a life saver and make clean up so much easier and faster! Stock up on them!
SHREDDER CLAWS – These make shredded pork or chicken a breeze!
HOLIDAY SLOW COOKER COOKBOOK – For more delicious slow cooker recipes check out my new cookbook – 100 recipes!
Beef Gyros in the Instant Pot
Beef Gyros in the Instant Pot or the slow cooker makes for a delicious and easy weeknight dinner idea.
- 2 lbs. flank steak or beef roast sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- tomatoes diced
- cucumber diced
- red onion sliced thinly
- 6-8 pieces pita bread
Add meat, liquids and seasonings to Instant Pot. Lock lid into place.
Turn the steam valve to sealing. Use the meat/stew preset cook time (30 minutes) Use a natural release.
Serve meat along with tzatziki sauce, tomato, cucumber and red onion in pita bread.
Mix together ingredients. Serve it over the beef, topped with tomato, cucumber and red onion on pita bread
If you are making it in the slow cooker you will be cooking it on high for 3 1/2 - 4 hours or low for 6-7 hours.
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If you do it in the slow cooker, how long do you cook the beef? Looks yummy!
That information is included in the post. If you are making it in the slow cooker you will be cooking it on high for 3 1/2 – 4 hours or low for 6-7 hours.