Foryoueats: Greek-American Lamb Gyros Recipe

Ingredients

• For the meat:
• 1 pound ground lamb (or ground 85% lean ground beef—see note)
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt (or 1 teaspoon table salt)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons picked fresh oregano leaves (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
• 1/2 onion, cut into 1-inch chunks
• 1 clove garlic, sliced
• 3 ounces slab bacon (or about 5 slices sliced bacon), cut into 1-inch pieces
• For the yogurt sauce:
• 3/4 cup plain, unsweetened yogurt
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 clove garlic, minced on microplane
• 2 teaspoons juice from 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley or mint
• To serve:
• 4 pieces soft, hand-pulled-style pita (not pocket pita)
• Chopped fresh tomato
• Finely sliced onion
• Cubed peeled seeded cucumber
• Hot sauce