Vegan Gyro Recipe
How to make vegan gyro meat (also gluten-free and soy-free!) with a tasty combination of mushrooms, aromatics, and homemade seasoning. Once cooked, serve up the tasty gyros 'meat' with salad vegetables, and homemade tzatziki, all wrapped up in pita bread!
Servings 2
Ingredients
Vegan gyro "meat":
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion diced
- 300 g mushrooms (see notes)
- 2-3 cloves garlic finely minced
- 3 tsp gyro seasoning (see notes)
- 1/4 cups (60 ml) vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 3 tbsp soy sauce GF, or tamari
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or date syrup
- 1 1/2 tsp vinegar
Other ingredients:
- 2-4 pita breads (depending on size)
- 1 small head lettuce
- 2-3 tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1 batch tzatziki
- Fresh herbs
Instructions
- You can watch the video in the post for visual instructions.Heat the olive oil in a skillet and sauté the onion and mushrooms for 3-5 minutes. Add the garlic and gyro seasoning and fry for a further one minute.
- Next, add the vegetable broth, tomato paste and stir to combine. Also, stir in the soy sauce, maple syrup, and vinegar.
- Let the mixture simmer for a few more minutes, then turn off the heat.
- Top a pita bread with the vegan gyro mixture, with salad veggies of choice (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber...), tzatziki, and fresh herbs. Enjoy!
Notes
- Mushrooms: You can use portobello mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, etc. I used a dried mushroom mixture (shiitake, white button mushrooms...) which I rehydrated.
- I used homemade gluten-free pita bread, tzatziki, and gyro seasoning (recipe below), but you can use store-bought bread, gyro seasoning, and your favorite sauce/dip.
- 1/2 tsp oregano, dried
- 1/2 tsp sweet paprika powder
- 1/4 tsp thyme, dried
- 1/4 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper, ground
- 1/4 tsp cumin, ground
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp marjoram, dried
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp chili flakes
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Gyro Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
422
% Daily Value*
Fat
13
g
20
%
Saturated Fat
2
g
10
%
Monounsaturated Fat
8
g
Carbohydrates
65
g
22
%
Fiber
9
g
36
%
Sugar
22
g
24
%
Protein
17
g
34
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.