Gyros

Gyros
Gyros in Greece, with meat, onions, tomato, lettuce, fried potatoes, and tzatziki rolled in a pita
Alternative namesGyro[1]
TypeMeat wrap
CourseMain course
Place of originGreece
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsMeat: pork, chicken, beef, or lamb

Gyros, sometimes anglicized as a gyro[2][3][4] (/ˈjɪər, ˈɪər-, ˈr-/; Greek: γύρος, romanizedyíros/gyros, lit.'turn', pronounced [ˈʝiros]) in some regions, is meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced and served wrapped or stuffed in pita bread, along with other ingredients such as tomato, onion, fried potatoes, and tzatziki. In Greece, it is normally made with pork[5] or sometimes with chicken, whilst beef and lamb are also used in other countries.[6]

  1. ^ "Gyro Sandwich History". What's Cooking America. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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  3. ^ "gyro". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
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  5. ^ Simopoulos, Artemis P.; Bhat, Ramesh Venkataramana Bhat, eds. (2000). Street foods. Basel: Karger. p. 6. ISBN 9783805569279. OCLC 41711932. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  6. ^ Segal, David (2009-07-15). "The Gyro's History Unfolds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-07.

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