These Ranch Gyro Sliders are full of the fabulous flavors that you love in a regular gyro but downsized to the the perfect slider for your Super Bowl Party! Thank you to Sabra for helping me share this recipe with you, I’m so excited to be one of their Tastemakers in 2016! As always, all opinions are 100% mine!
I will never be able to accidentally forget when the Super Bowl is, it’ll be connected to my wedding anniversary for the rest of my life. haha I picked February 3rd, 2007 as our wedding day back in 2006 when I was planning things and unknown to me, I had picked the weekend of the Super Bowl!
While I’m not a huge football fan, my husband does enjoy watching the Super Bowl and we spent the next afternoon/evening as husband and wife, on our honeymoon, snowed in at a bar somewhere in Boone, NC eating bar food and watching the Super Bowl.
Fast forward to 2014 and we were in Hawaii celebrating our anniversary and I again found us in a bar, eating “bar food” and watching the super bowl. It’s funny how something like football, that I wouldn’t normally watch, ends up wiggling it’s way into the celebration of our marriage.
This year we’ll be at home for the Super Bowl (as far as I know), and I’ll be making our game day food in our own kitchen! Now I may not be the best football fan but I’m a huge fan of game day food. What can I say? It’s the foodie in me!
This past year, I managed to convert Thomas into a “Gyro Lover”, so these Ranch Gyro Sliders will definitely be hitting the table this year for game day and I’m so excited. I’ve loved Gyros for a while but until recently Thomas wasn’t interested in them.
He’s come such a long way as far as tasting new foods since we got married and last year at the Food Truck Rodeo in Raleigh I managed to talk him into trying a Gyro. Thankfully, he fell in love with the first bite!
This year I’m so happy to be working with Sabra as one of their Tastemakers and when Thomas and I were working on some recipe ideas for the Super Bowl, this idea for mini gyros popped into my mind! I couldn’t stop thinking about them which meant that we had to make them happen.
Let’s talk about the meat for gyros before we move onto anything else. The first time we decided to make gyros at home we had no idea what we were doing. I thought that gyros were made with thinly sliced lamb from a lamb roast, I was wrong.
The lamb is thinly sliced but it’s from a “lamb meatloaf” that’s been slowly cooked on a spit. Well, I don’t have a spit or a rotisserie at our apartment so we cook ours in the oven but we do make our own “lamb meatloaf” for the gyro meat.
We grind our own lamb meat but you can totally find ground lamb at the store, we mainly grind ours because we’re having way too much fun with the meat grinder that we borrowed from my dad.
Once you’ve got your ground lamb, you’re just going to mixed it with the spices that I’ve listed below, mix it all together and form it into a loaf. Once you’ve done that, just wrap the loaf in plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour. We let ours sit in the fridge overnight because it helps the flavors meld together and the longer it stays in the fridge the better it’ll stay together.
Once it’s had time to hang out in the fridge, you’re going to cook this in the oven until it reaches 165F and then slice thin pieces of the lamb off for the gyros.
This is how Thomas like his Gyro Sliders, he just wants them to be made with the hummus, lamb, lettuce and tomato.
Yes, we added hummus to these and we’re totally loving the flavor that it gives them. Plus Sabra’s Classic Hummus is perfect for holding the thin slices of lamb onto these Gyro Sliders.
Now these gyro sliders are just perfect like that but I like to add a touch of extra flavor to mine.
I like to add a dollop of Sabra’s Farmer’s Ranch Greek Yogurt Dip to finish mine and turn them into the delicious Ranch Gyro Sliders! Yes, I know that traditional gyros have Tzatziki sauce but we’re stepping out of the box here a little bit. Just roll with me here.
For these Ranch Gyro Sliders, we cut out discs of flabread that are about 3-inches or so. We used my nana’s biscuit cutter to cut them out so that they would all be the same size but you could also buy small pita bread bites for these.
To build these, I spooned a bit of Sabra’s Classic Hummus onto the flatbread and laid 2-3 thinly sliced pieces of lamb on top.
The hummus adds a wonderful flavor to these gyros sliders and it helps the thin slices of lamb stay in place.
Top the lamb with a bit of shredded lettuce and then sprinkle a few diced tomatoes on top.
Finish them off with a small dollop of Sabra’s Farmer’s Ranch Greek Yogurt Dip.
That’s it, that all that needs to be done to make these Ranch Gyro Sliders for game day.
Now let me tell you that the recipe below is pretty much set up to make 20 of these little Ranch Gyro Sliders, as far as the lettuce, tomatoes, flatbread etc but if you only make 20 of these you’re going to have gyro meat left over. However this isn’t a bad thing! haha Make more Ranch Gyro Sliders or save it to make larger gyro sandwiches for lunch the next day!
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Ranch Gyro Sliders
All of the delicious flavors of a Gyro packed into a small, party sized slider!
- Prep Time: 1h 30m
- Cook Time: 2h 30m
- Yield: 20 Ranch Gyro Sliders
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground lamb
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon Greek Seasoning
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 medium tomato, diced
- 1 cup shredded lettuce
- 1 container Sabra Hummus
- 1 container Sabra Farmer's Ranch
- 20 3-inch flatbread circles**
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ground lamb, salt, pepper, minced garlic, oregano, Greek Seasoning and onion powder.
- Mix the ground lamb and reasoning together.
- Lay out two sheets of plastic wrap on a flat surface, slightly over lapping.
- Form the lamb mixture into a thick log, about 5 inch by 7 inches.
- Wrap the lamb mixture log in the plastic wrap and twist the ends closed.
- Place the meat into the fridge for at least 1 hour (or preferable over night).
- After the time in the fridge, preheat the oven to 300F.
- Place the lamb mixture into a loaf pan or a small casserole dish.
- Bake at 300F for 2 hours and 30 minutes or until the internal temperature of the middle of loaf reaches 165F.
- Remove the lamb from the oven and drain off the excess grease.
- Let the lamb sit for about 15 minutes and then slice the lamb into thin strips.
- Starting with one of the flatbread discs, spoon some of the hummus onto the flatbread and top with 2-3 thin strips of lamb.
- Top the lamb with shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes.
- Dollop the top with about a teaspoon of the Sabra Farmer\'s Ranch.
- Repeat steps with all of the flatbread discs.
- **for our flatbread discs, we cut out circles from soft flatbread pizza crusts with a biscuit cutter. *There will be lamb left over if you only make 20. Save/Freeze it for later! Great for large sandwiches or more Ranch Gyro Sliders!
delicious combination of flavours looks wonderful
Ooo these look amazing! Putting them on the menu!
The meat looks fantastic and the hummus as a spread, total perfection!
Love the new site!! So beautiful!!!! And I *need* these Ranch Gyro Sliders in my life right now!!
Thank you so much, Amanda! I am so glad that I made the switch over to WordPress and had my blog re-done. <3
MMM Looks awesome!
I love this! Such a unique recipe.
I love that your anniversary is the Super Bowl – even if you’re not a football fan it’s fun to have it on a special day, right? 🙂 Being snowed in that one year sounds kind of fun! Love these slider and putting them on the menu for this week.
Thankfully our Anniversary lands on a Wednesday this year which means the Super Bowl won’t be until Sunday but it still goes along with my Anniversary weekend this year hahaha.
This is a fabulous post, I love gyros but never thought I could do it at home! And of course we’re big Sabra fans in this house <3
Sabra hummus is so good, isn’t it! I know, I didn’t think we could make them at home either until we gave it a try! Turns out that it’s easier than I thought!
What a fantastic recipe! My husband loves gyros and I love Sabra! 🙂
Ooooooooh! I am dying to make this loaf and make gyros at home, they are one of my favorite meals to grab on the go. These sliders are such a fun idea and they just sound super tasty.
Love how they are so small and simple.Thanks!
I bet these are so good with that ranch dip!
Love that you’ve used a lamb meatloaf for these delicious looking sliders. The Sabra hummus and ranch dressing is the perfect topping. Your new site is gorgeous! Congratulations, Angie. I wish you the best of luck with it!
My mouth is watering, Angie! Perfect for Super Bowl Sunday appetizers!!!
Angie – these look absolutely FANTASTIC and so perfect for game day. The lamb, the hummus & ranch combo and the little chic bites – love love LOVE it!
I was at the Food Truck Rodeo in Raleigh last year, too!! I know it’s super crowded so it’s unlikely we bumped into each other accidentally but – fun!! We should meet up some time!! Angie, these sliders are the bomb – I love all the flavors and they just look so cute! I’d say Game Day is going to be a win, no matter how the footballs goes 😉
What a cute appetizer! I can see these being a big hit at any party… you just can’t go wrong with adorable bite-sized versions of regular food, right? 🙂 I love the idea of using a dab of hummus to make sure that delicious meaty goodness stays put on the pita.
Wow! What an amazing looking appetizer. I can’t wait to make this for our next game day gathering.
Oh man, I love me some gyros. This looks positively delicious. I could eat this all the live long day. This is perfect for game day!
Ohh I want to make gyro at home now! Looove Sabra too
This is an amazing recipe! Seriously, can’t wait to make these.
These look AMAZING! Perfect snack while Superbowls on!
What an awesome idea! I’ll have to give these a shot!
Althought the sliders really look mouth-watering and such a nice idea overall, I am the party-crashing nerd to say that probably you should name it donner rather than gyros. Gyros is pork, from the belly part of the animal, stacked and cooked on a slow-spinning spit… Nowadays you can also have chicken gyros… O tempora, o mores…!!!!
By the way I am Greek… Hehehe….
haha Thank you <3 I've heard and read that the real Greek ones are pork, but from what I've had and read American-Greek Gyros are a mixture of lamb and beef, but the only gyros I've had have been lamb so that's what I went with haha 🙂 Thanks for letting me know though! <3
These are totally my kind of appetizers!
Angie, I am loving this recipe for two main reasons. You used LAMB!!! And they are sliders. Perfect finger food for Super Bowl!
My birthday is Feb. 6th and sometimes it falls on the Super Bowl. So annoying – I feel your pain 🙂 These little ranch gyro sliders might make it ok though b/c I do love me some football food!
Oh my gosh! I want a whole plate of these right now! And I was surprised when I figured out how gyro meat was made too but it is SO SO SO good!
These look so good!!! And now I totally want to get a meat grinder 😉
The perfect bite! I can see these being a hit at any party or event.
Whether you’re watching football or not, it seems like munching on these mini gyros would be a great way to kick off your anniversary celebration. They look delicious!
I just love these little gyro sliders. I can see making them into full slide gyros for a larger meal too. That lamb meatloaf looks like a winner in my book!
Oh yes please! I love the new site design, by the way 🙂
Thank you so much!!
I love the flavors of gyros – so brilliant to make a slider version! Perfect party treat.