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Grilling 24x7 » Recipes » Ground Lamb Gyro Fries

Ground Lamb Gyro Fries

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Loaded Ground Lamb Gyro Fries with tzatziki sauce; perfect as an appetizer, game-day snack, or tasty weeknight meal.

laded waffle gyro fries with ground lamb tzaziki sauce

Made with ground lamb, kalamata olives, diced tomatoes, fresh chives, crushed chili flakes, waffle cut fries, and Tzatziki Sauce, this Greek-inspired recipe will absolutely knock your socks off!

All you need to make these homemade greek fries a dream come true is an air fryer or oven, a pan for cooking, and a handful of ingredients.

Love lamb, but looking for more of an entree? Check out my Smoked Bacon Wrapped Leg of Lamb recipe!

Crispy Gyro Fries Recipe

Prepared similarly to the classic gyro, these loaded crispy fries will have you drooling in anticipation before you can even take a bite.

Using cooked freshly ground lamb and seasoning with crushed chili flakes, salt, garlic, and Italian seasoning, these loaded fries can be ready and on the table in about 30 minutes (including prep and cook time),

I developed this recipe for a McCain foods cooking contest entry, but honestly, they came out SO well, I just had to share the recipe with you.

loaded gyro fries with ground lamb

Ingredients for Gyro Fries

Fries: For this recipe, I used 1 lb of waffle-cut fries. You can make them yourself or you can buy a frozen bag at the grocery store.

Pro-Tip: Looking to get fancy? You can also make this recipe with homemade or store-bought curly fries!

Meat: To make gyro meat, you are going to need 8 oz of ground lamb. Now, you might be able to pick this up at your local grocery store depending on the time of year or you might need to hop over to your local butcher.

If you can't find lamb or are looking for a substitute, you can also make this recipe with chicken breast and make chicken gyros!

Seasoning: Make that ground lamb taste like traditional gyro meat with greek spices like 1 tsp of crushed chili flakes, 1 tsp of kosher salt, 1 tsp of granulated garlic, and 1 tsp of Italian seasoning.

Fresh Toppings: Load up your fries with traditional gyro toppings like crumbled feta cheese, kalamata olives, diced tomatoes, chives, pickled onions, and everyone's favorite, tzatziki sauce!

Pita (optional): Can't do without pita bread? Consider air frying some pita triangles to dip into the tzatziki sauce.

Ground Lamb Gyro Fries served in a 8x10 pizza pan

How to Make Gyro Fries

Cook the meat. In a pan crumble ground lamb and cook for about 5 minutes, add seasoning, and continue cooking until done. The total cook time is about 10 minutes. Once the meat has cooled, drain the lamb onto paper towels and set aside.

Cook the fries. While the lamb is cooking you can cook your waffle fries either in an air fryer at 375 degrees F. for 12-15 minutes. You can also deep fry for about 5-7 minutes at 350 degrees F.

loaded waffle fries topped with pickled onions and tomatoes

Layer ingredients in a pan and bake. Once the fries and lamb are cooked begin layering fries into a pan topping with ground lamb, feta, olives, and tomatoes. Bake for 5-8 minutes at 400 degrees F. until the feta has melted.

Add toppings and serve. Once done, before serving top your gyro fries with pickled onions, chives, tzatziki sauce. Serve when ready and enjoy!

holding a pan of lamb gyro waffle fries

How to Store Leftovers

Leftover fries should be stored in the refrigerator after cooling in an air-tight container. The leftover fries will keep for about 3-5 days; anything after 5 days should be tossed.

Reheating Leftover Fries

Revive fries without them becoming a soggy mess in the microwave.

Reheating fries is easier than you think, super simple, and doesn't require a ton of oil.

Heat a large, heavy-bottomed pan, I recommend a cast-iron, over medium-high heat; pour in a few tablespoons of oil; add your leftover fries; cook, flipping once; and have delicious fries again!

lamb waffle gyro fries with yogurt sauce

What are gyro's made of?

Traditionally, gyros are made from lamb meat. However, you can sometimes find them made with a meat combo of lamb, beef, and chicken.

What makes gyro meat, gyro meat is very generous seasoning.

Gyro meat is heavily seasoned with salt, herbs, and spices, and honestly, is nothing sort of an impossible-not-to-love flavor explosion especially when tzatziki sauce is involved!

waffle fries topped with pickled onions, tomatoes and olives

Do traditional gyros have fries?

The great debate! Some people say yes and some people say no.

You CAN go to Greece and be served fries along aside, inside or on top of gyros, but on the flip side of that, some places don't.

What is considered traditional is all up to you ... and maybe which area of Greece you are in.

I grew up with french fries being served with my gyros, so for me, traditionally, yes, gyros have fries!

crispy waffle fries topped with feta, olives, tomatoes and ground lamb

What does gyros mean in Greek?

A gyro (pronounced YEE-row) is a dish from Greece and an all time favorite when it comes to greek recipes. A gyro is also traditionally served on pita bread.

The gyro meat is made with stacked meat that has been cooked on a vertical rotisserie that spins in circles.

Now, on to the meaning, the translation of “gyro” itself means “round” in Greek. Makes sense when you think of it.

pan of loaded fries topped with lamb, feta, tomatoes olives and more

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Ground Lamb Gyro Fries served in a 8x10 pizza pan
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Ground Lamb Gyro Fries

Loaded Ground Lamb Gyro Fries with tzatziki sauce; perfect as an appetizer, game-day snack, or tasty weeknight meal.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine greek
Keyword french fries, gyro
Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Servings 4
Calories 598kcal

Equipment

  • 1 8x10 pan
  • 1 Air Fryer or Oven

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Waffle Cut Fries

Toppings

  • 4 oz Crumbled Feta
  • ¼ cup Kalamata Olives
  • ¼ cup Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Chives
  • ½ cup Tzatziki Sauce
  • ¼ cup Pickled Onions

Ground Lamb Mixture

  • 8 oz Ground Lamb
  • 1 tsp Crushed Chili Flakes
  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 1 tsp Granulated Garlic
  • 1 tsp Italian Seasoning

Instructions

  • In a pan crumble ground lamb and cook for about 5 minutes then add seasoning and continue cooking until done. Total cook time about 10 minutes. Once the meat is cooled drain lamb onto paper towels and set aside.
  • While the lamb is cooking you can cook your waffle fries either in an air fryer at 375 degrees F. for 12-15 minutes. You can also deep fry for about 5-7 minutes at 350 degrees F.
  • Once the fries and lamb are cooked begin layering fries into a pan topping with ground lamb, feta, olives, and tomatoes. Bake for 5-8 minutes at 400 degrees F. until the feta has melted.
  • Top your gyro fries with pickled onions, chives, tzatziki sauce

Notes

Serving size ¼ of the pan depending on ingredients.
You can substitute the lamb with ground chicken, turkey, beef or bison

Nutrition

Calories: 598kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 1803mg | Potassium: 705mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 458IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 221mg | Iron: 3mg

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