Greek Smashed Tacos | Blackstone Griddles

ground lamb

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground turkey reduces fat content while ground beef is often less expensive.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat feta

💰Cheaper: crumbled goat cheese

Reduced-fat feta lowers calories, while goat cheese is often cheaper.

tzatziki sauce

🥗Healthier: yogurt sauce

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Yogurt sauce is lighter, while sour cream is a more affordable option.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is a budget-friendly alternative.

Start with 1 pound of ground lamb in a mixing bowl.

Add 1 egg and 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs to the ground lamb.

Grate 2 fresh garlic cloves into the mixture.

Add the zest of 1 lemon to the mixture.

Crumble in a handful of feta cheese.

Chop flat leaf parsley, fresh mint, and fresh dill, and add to the mixture.

Finely chop purple onion and add to the mixture, saving the rest for the Greek salad.

Season the mixture with black pepper and salt, and mix with a spatula.

Set the meat mixture aside to marinate for a few minutes.

In a separate bowl, chop cucumber, peeling every other strip for color.

Chop grape tomatoes into bite-sized pieces and add to the bowl.

Add more chopped purple onion to the salad bowl.

Add crumbled feta cheese, parsley, mint, and dill to the salad bowl.

Season the salad with Malone flaky sea salt and garlic sea salt.

Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the salad and mix everything together.

Set the salad aside and return to the meat mixture.

Use a scooper to portion out the meat mixture onto flour tortillas.

Press the meat onto the tortillas, following the smash taco trend.

Preheat the Blackstone griddle to medium heat and steam clean the surface with water.

Drizzle oil on the griddle and spread it around.

Place the tortillas meat-side down onto the hot griddle and press down to char the meat.

Open a jar of Trader Joe's garlic spread dip and add it generously on top of the tacos.

Add store-bought tzatziki sauce on top of the tacos.

Scoop the Greek salad onto each taco before serving.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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