The $2 Gyro | But Cheaper

Homemade pork souvlaki and homemade pita bread makeup for my inability to pronounce gyro.

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[chrisneyman]

"Imagine a life where instead of looking for problems you look for solutions."
Solid advice in any setting.

[marcosstylianou]

As a person from Greece it’s insane that anyone would pay 10$ for a gyro, 3$ gyros should be a human right

[JohnSmith-drzn]

Fan fact: 2€ (= about $2) used to be the default price for it in greece up until a few months ago. Now it's hard to find it for less than 3€

[ellinidaaano]

I feel so proud of Manos for working with Josh's team and it's the first time I'm seeing the guy... Definitely one of my greekest moments. I also want to echo the dill and vinegar suggestions for the tzatziki, they truly make quite the difference!

[footballmerchant]

Two tips for perfection you can also add a little bit of yogurt into the dough for additional texture and you can also add vinegar in the tzatziki

[AlexPlaysFortnite]

As a Greek I find it crazy that gyros are sold for €10. Also good job for adding fries. Most non Greeks often dont add fries. Also in the tzatziki insted of the parsley you should add dill, its a lot better in my oppinion.

[anthonypapadopoulos]

Perfection. We can finally get back to the golden age of the 2.40 gyros. Prices have increased all over Greece recently.

[ktmiyyj]

Over the past 4-5 years Greek food has been criminally under represented by magazines and food writers. Would love to see more....and I will be making these.

[justamags]

Just made these today, pita and all, and WOW. Well worth it! I did make some changes to the tzatziki by adding fresh dill instead of parsley, and added juice of a lemon! 😀

[Anesthesia]

What a coincidence. This is exactly what I ate yesterday evening whilst hammered on the beach. One of the best food choices I could have made at the time!

[thanoccc]

That's extremely accurate, pita isn't so puffy as the previous video. One tiny mistake tho. Try to put some dill instead of parsley in the tzatziki sauce. Well done papa, greeks salute you.

[ioannissklavos]

Adore ur job!! Just a little hint, to have the original Gyro flavour!! To ur marinade, add 2-3 splashes of venigar (venigar and rosemary for the traditional gyro are the good to go ingridients :) ) Not trying to teach or show off, i am just a greek fun of any and especially greek cousine.. you won t regret it :D

[nic_von]

As a greek I have to say. I know it is a "but cheaper" episode, however it is as original as it gets. Add anything else and it is not Gyros. This is it

[Fibonacci]

try adding dill and red wine vinegar in your tzatziki. makes ton of a difference. Overall great job!!

[alexalex-sihl]

1. Pronounced gyros the right way

2. Added potatoes

3. Tzatziki added

4. Onions added

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[gullreefclub]

I have been making my own pita bread now for about 5 years or so and while our esteemed hosts recipe with make an acceptable pita that is far superior to what you will buy in your local mega-mart it does leave lots of room for improvement. My personal favorite recipe is 70% bread flour and 30% whole wheat flour (I do prefer King Arthur’s whole wheat flour because in my opinion it tastes better than most other commercial available whole wheat flours and has a higher protein content) to the total amount of flour I add 65% hydration (I.e if I had 1000 grams of flour total I have 650 grams/ml of liquid) of my total hydration amount I uses a 70% warm filtered water and 30% whole milk (so for 650 grams of hydration I use 455 of warm 90-100 degrees F filtered water and 195 grams of whole milk also at 90-100 degrees F) To the warm water I add 16 grams of dry yeast (1.6% of flour) and 30 grams of honey or granulated sugar (3% of total flour) and allow the honey yeast and water mixture to sit for 10 minutes after stirring it well. To the milk I add 50 grams of EVOO (5% of total flour) and to the flour I add 20 grams of Kosher salt or fine sea salt (2% of total flour) and 4 teaspoons of double acting baking powder. I mix the salt and baking powder into the flour then make a well and add the water/honey/yeast mixture and then the EVOO/milk mixture and mix to form a shaggy dough, at which point you can follow the directions on the video. I use bakers math for all of my proportions of ingredients. Bakers math uses the total amount of flour and then figures all other ingredients by a percentage from the amount of flour
1, 000 grams of flour total
65% hydration 1, 000*65%=650 of hydration (water, milk, etc)
2% salt 1, 000*2%=20 grams of salt
1.5% dry yeast 1, 000*1.5%=15 grams of dry yeast
3% honey/sugar 1, 000*3%=30 grams of honey/sugar
5% EVOO 1, 000*5%=50 grams of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Note for 6 to 7 inch pitas I use 105 grams of dough and for 9-11 inch pitas I use 150 grams of dough
Always let your oven come back up to temp between baking each pita a couple of minutes.

[findlayrankin]

I worked in a nightclub in Greece and we finished work some days at like 5am or 6am and there was this little takeaway restaurant that opened for breakfast we’d always go to after work. They did chicken soup and breakfast sandwiches but the same places did gyros for €1.99 after 11 o’clock till late and there is nothing better after day drinking on the beach than a mixed pork and chicken gyros. If I was hungry I’d get 2

[gmdr]

Greek here. Pitas are supposed to not be super puffy. I like that you made the gyro without special equipment props for that. Tzatziki although everyone kinda does it different, it has some type of vinegar to it and no parsley. They sometimes put dill in it but I personally hate it. French fries are kinda the standard in most shops. It should come a lot cheaper than that in other countries but I guess ingredients are expensive where you live. Here in Greece you can kinda find gyros for 3.30€ and pretty good ones too

[fenomenooo]

Extra tips red wine vinegar in tzatziki and add oregano on potatoes. i also love to add a bit of mustard sometimes on potatoes. it's a great combination with tzatziki. Also u can make the same recipe with chicken fillets and accompanied the chicken gyro with tomato lettuce and cocktail sauce.

[sirenss]

when I was on a school trip in Greece I ate $2 gyros every single day for a week
literally can't get enough of these