How to make Greek Chicken and Lamb Gyro and Homemade Tzatziki using a Flaming Coals Cyprus Spit

tzatziki sauce

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt provides a similar tangy flavor with fewer calories.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Ricotta is less expensive while still offering creaminess.

Grab chicken thigh fillets and lamb shoulder roast.

Remove skin from chicken thighs and flatten them out for even consistency.

Flatten lamb shoulder roast to about 10 mm thick and the size of the gyro disc.

Season both sides of the chicken thighs and lamb shoulder with Flaming Coal's gyros rub.

Prepare the gyro disc as a base for building the gyro.

Prepare the salad ingredients.

Make the homemade tzatziki sauce and place a big dollop on the gyro disc.

Layer the chicken and lamb on top of the tzatziki sauce.

Add lettuce and onion on top of the meat.

Taste test the gyro to ensure it's acceptable.

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