Gyros

Greek food · street food · meat dish

Meat on a stick. Gyros are cooked on a special vertical rotisserie where meat spins slowly while cooking, getting crispy on the outside while staying juicy inside.

Sliced and served. Once the meat is cooked, it gets shaved off the rotisserie with a sharp knife and stuffed into warm pita bread.

Tasty toppings. Gyros are loaded with fresh ingredients like tomato, onion, fried potatoes, and tzatziki, which is a creamy yogurt sauce with cucumber and garlic.

Traditional pork. In Greece and Cyprus, authentic gyros are usually made with pork, though chicken is sometimes used instead.

Variations worldwide. In other countries around the world, cooks sometimes make gyros with ground beef or lamb instead of pork.