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July 22, 2016

Slow Cooker Beef Gyros

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Slow Cooker Beef Gyros Recipe: Tender pieces of beef with soft onions, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy cucumber yogurt sauce all wrapped up in soft, melt in your mouth pita bread. And the best part of slow cooker beef gyros is that the beef is made in the slow cooker freeing up your time and making your kitchen smell good all day long. 

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Slow Cooker Beef Gyros Recipe: Tender pieces of beef with soft onions, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy cucumber yogurt sauce all wrapped up in soft, melt in your mouth pita bread. And the best part of this recipe is that the beef is made in the slow cooker freeing up your time and making your kitchen smell good all day long.

Slow Cooker Summer

Yes, I know I’ve made chicken gyros and pork gyros and now I’ve made slow cooker beef gyros (this is an updated recipe from 2012). They are all so tasty and a perfect slow cooker summer dinner (have you seen my 100 Days of Slow Cooker Summer E-Book yet?). Basically, I’m in love with any type of food that you wrap up in soft pita bread with a creamy sauce. I can’t emphasize enough how great the slow cooker is in the summer. NO HEAT! The slow cooker doesn’t heat up your kitchen. We are at over 100 degrees here today so that is sooooo appreciated.

Slow Cooker Beef Gyros on TV

I was able to cook slow cooker beef gyros on TV this morning. If you’d like to view the segment you can below:

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Slow cooker beef gyros recipe

Recipe for Slow Cooker (Crock Pot) Beef Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce


  • Author: 365 Days of Slow Cooking
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 8 hours
  • Total Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
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Slow Cooker Beef Gyros Recipe: Tender pieces of beef with soft onions, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy cucumber yogurt sauce all wrapped up in soft, melt in your mouth pita bread. And the best part of this recipe is that the beef is made in the slow cooker freeing up your time and making your kitchen smell good all day long.


Ingredients

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For Beef:

  • 2 lbs beef stew meat or chuck roast (cut into bite size pieces or strips)
  • 1 large onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • Warmed pita folds
  • Sliced tomatoes and lettuce, for serving

For the Tzatziki Sauce (Cucumber Yogurt Dressing)

  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup diced cucumber, seeded and shredded
  • 1 Tbsp dried dill or 2 Tbsp fresh dill
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Add beef to the slow cooker.
  2. Combine ¼ cup olive oil, garlic, oregano, salt,pepper and lemon juice in a small bowl. Pour over the meat and toss to coat, in the slow cooker. Toss in the sliced onions.
  3. Cover and cook on LOW for 6-10 hours (depending on your slow cooker) or until beef is extremely
  4. tender. (If it’s not tender, it’s not done yet).
  5. Remove lid and salt and pepper to taste. If desired, break up the meat into smaller bite-size pieces.
  6. Make the tzatziki sauce. Combine yogurt, cucumber, dill, salt and garlic in medium bowl. Stir until creamy and combined. Salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Serve beef over pita folds with Tzatziki sauce, onions, tomatoes and lettuce.

Notes

I use a 3 quart slow cooker for this recipe.

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Here are some more slow cooker summer recipes from other food bloggers:
Easy Crockpot Chicken and Black Bean Taco Salad from SkinnyTaste
Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas from Barefeet in the Kitchen
Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Broccoli Bowls from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Crockpot Thai Steak Salad from The Food Charlatan
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Slow Cooker Beef Gyros Recipe: Tender pieces of beef with soft onions, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy cucumber yogurt sauce all wrapped up in soft, melt in your mouth pita bread. And the best part of this recipe is that the beef is made in the slow cooker freeing up your time and making your kitchen smell good all day long.
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  1. mel says

    October 30, 2016 at 9:21 am

    Just a heads up that your recipe for Beef Burgundy keeps redirecting to this Gyros page. I can view the Beef Burgundy recipe from search results, but as soon as I try to view it on its own page it just redirect here. Both look yummy, though!

    • Karen says

      October 31, 2016 at 11:01 am

      Thanks for letting me know! I will have it fixed.

  2. Jen says

    October 11, 2016 at 11:06 am

    Excited to try this tomorrow. Do you brown the meat before you add it to the crock pot? Thank you.

    • Karen says

      October 11, 2016 at 12:05 pm

      you can, but I don’t!

  3. Share says

    September 6, 2016 at 11:50 am

    So I just discovered your blog today and I’m super excited. I have two young ones and I love the crock pot recipes because it is done and ready too go at the end of the day. Can you please add me to your email list. I can’t wait to try this gyro recipe!! I have a gluten allergy so I am going to try it in a lettuce wrap!

    • Karen says

      September 8, 2016 at 10:26 am

      Awesome!! Yes I will add you to the list:)

  4. Olanrewaju says

    July 24, 2016 at 2:22 am

    I would like to subscribe to this Web page, how can I do that

    • Karen says

      July 25, 2016 at 11:26 am

      Would you like to get all my posts by email? I can add you to my email list if you’d like? Or do you need the RSS feed?

      • Nikki says

        August 21, 2016 at 12:06 pm

        Could you please add me to receive your recipes

        • Karen says

          August 22, 2016 at 12:20 pm

          Sure thing Nikki!

  5. Courtney Smith says

    January 16, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    Love this recipe!!! Kids lick their plates. Trying it with chicken tonight!!! I did marinade it a little bit. Great make ahead dinner too.

    • [email protected] says

      January 16, 2016 at 11:06 pm

      I'm interested to see how you like it with the chicken! Let me know how it turns out 🙂

  6. [email protected] says

    December 23, 2015 at 4:21 am

    yeppers!

  7. Amanda Faulkner says

    December 21, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Can you do this on high for half the time?

  8. Tara says

    September 17, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    We had this for dinner tonight and it was so good! It's really easy to throw together too. This is definitely added to my go-to recipes!

    • [email protected] says

      September 18, 2015 at 9:15 pm

      hooray! glad you liked it. I really like it too 🙂

  9. Jennifer Rapoza says

    August 6, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    I love thiS reci

  10. Jennifer Rapoza says

    August 6, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    I really love this recipe. I have made it a few times at home. Tried making it at my mom's house in her crock pot today and the beef totally burned! Not even edible! 🙁 I had it on low… Maybe a faulty crock pot?

    • [email protected] says

      August 7, 2015 at 3:38 am

      oh that is so sad. I'm sorry. Yes, I would maybe get her a new crockpot. Some of them cook so very hot! Each cooks differently, for sure.

  11. sn says

    May 19, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    Hi Karen,
    Making it now…
    Question…when you say toss in sliced onions, do you mean stir them in, or place on top only?
    Smells delicious! 🙂

    • [email protected] says

      May 19, 2014 at 3:54 pm

      It really doesn't matter! Either way, it will work out fine.

  12. [email protected] says

    October 15, 2013 at 4:04 am

    Hooray Erica!!!! Glad you liked it!

  13. Erica says

    October 11, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    This was AMAZING!!!! I was seriously blown away! A+

  14. [email protected] says

    September 16, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    Anonymous, yes it's cut beforehand! Welcome! Hope you have lots of slow cooking success 🙂

  15. Anonymous says

    September 15, 2013 at 2:09 am

    Hey Karen, I'm a bit of a slow cooking n00b. I was wondering if the chuck roast was cut and sliced before cooking or sliced after browning and then placed in the slow cooker.
    Any help is much appreciated, your blog is great and as a college student is an amazing resource.

  16. Noor says

    April 14, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    This was easy to make and delicious! Thanks for the recipe!

  17. Karen says

    January 4, 2013 at 4:26 am

    I know, right? I love gyros too!! Thanks so much, Ben.
    Keep up the good work 🙂

  18. Benthe CrockPotKing says

    January 3, 2013 at 8:26 am

    Hi Karen,
    The moment I saw Gyro, that was it for me!!! Ha Ha Ha ! But I wanted to say thank you as well for all the quality recipes! And I'll definitely spread the word!

    Ben from http://www.crockpotking.com

  19. Becca Jo says

    December 21, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    is the cucumber diced or shredded? I'm making htis tonight. it smells YUMMY

  20. Jessie says

    December 21, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    What an awesome idea! I think I will make a few up and bring them with me to my in~law's for Christmas. I'll even bring my crock pot along to make up a batch for everyone! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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