Quick and Easy Venison Greek Gyros on Sourdough Naan
We all love a quick and easy meal that tastes incredible and these Venison Greek Gyros ae just that! These are a fun and flavorful way to use ground venison or wild game meat that everyone will enjoy.
If you want more ground meat recipes to add to your list of staples, these Venison Greeek Gyros are the perfect addition. They take only 30 minutes to make and are full of fresh flavors. This recipe can be served on homemade sourdough naan (as shown in picutres) or turned into bowls served over rice!
The star of these Gyros is the meat. Juicy ground venison, full of spices, cooked in patties that fit perfectly inside your naan. This meat is seriously addicting! The other components of this recipe very simple. A creamy homemade tzatziki and whatever fresh vegetables you like, with addition of swet pickled onions.
While these Venison Greek Gyros are absolutely delicious freshly made, they are just as good for leftovers. This recipe makes a great meal prep to enjoy all week long, giving you healthy lunches that actually taste great. Grab sme ground venison or any other ground meat you like and run to the kitchen!
Tips for Making Venison Greek Gyros
- Always use ground Venison that is mixed with 10-20% pork. Whether you grind your own game meat, or get it done somewhere, you will always have the best taste and texture when it is mixed with a bit of pork. Venison is extremely lean so adding fat is necessary for flavor and to keep the meat juicy.
- Because Venison is lean, be sure to cook the Venison patties just until the internal temp reaches 165F. This is the temperature that tells you it is done cooking and safe to eat. If you over cook it, there is potenetial for it to become dry.
- While store bought is okay, opt for homemade tzatziki sauce if you can. It is only made with a couple ingredients, and tastes much better homemade. Yogurt, cucumber, garlic and lemon are all you need.
Venison Greek Gyros Ingredients
Sourdough Naan– If you want to make homemade naan, sourdough naan is the BEST but you can also just use storebought.
Ground Venison– This can be ground venison, moose, elk, or even beef. Any ground red meat you have will work.
Eggs– A couple eggs help bid the meat together to form the patties.
Oats– These are soaked in milk and used as a binder and for texture instead of using bread crumbs.
Onion– Red or yellow onion work for the meat, then I recommend raw or pickled red onions for topping.
Garlic– Because you can’t have good Greek food without a ton of garlic!
Spices– The meat patties are full of spices including oegano, rosemary, thyme, cumin, salt and pepper.
Greek Yogurt– This is used as the base of the homemade tzatziki. Make sure you use a plain greek yogurt.
Cucumber– Not only is this one of the best toppings for these gyro, but it is also used in the tzatziki sauce.
Lemon– Always use fresh squeezed lemon juice for optimal flavor.
Tomato-Any kind of tomatoes you have work in these gyros.
Avocado– This is an optional topping, but it adds great creaminess and extra nutrients.
The Steps
1.Preaheat your oven to 400F.
2. Start by adding the oats to a small bowl and soaking them with the milk for about 5 minutes.
3. Next, add the reamining meat ingredients to a large bowl. Gently stir everything together. Add the oat and milk mixture to the meat, and gently mix until evenly incorporated.
4. Line a baking sheet with parchment, then form the meat mixture into long rectangular patties (whatever size will fit the length of your naan nicely) . Place the patties next to each other on the baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes or until internal temp reaches 165F.
5. While the meat is cooking, place the grated cucumber in some paper towel and gently squeeze all the liquid out over a sink. Unwrap the paper towel and add the cucumber to a small bowl.
6. To that same bowl, add the remaining tzatziki ingredients and mix well.
7. Finally, take a warm piece of naan, spread a big spoonful of the tzatziki on top, followed by one of the cooked venison patties, sliced cucumber, tomato, avocado, red onion and finish with fresh parsley.
8. Serve immediatley and enjoy!
If you give this recipe a try, leave a comment or a recipe review below!
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Juicy and flavorful Venison Greek Gyro patties, served on soft sourdough naan with homemade tzatziki and fresh vegetables. Easy, healthy and delicious! * These greek gros are delicious made using any ground red meat you like. Venison, elk, moose, or beef. * If you want to make these gluen free, you can enjoy these Gyros as bowls serve over rice instead of on naan. * Store the cooked meat patties in the fridge for leftovers for up to 4 days. 
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Made these and were approved by all! My toddlers even devoured the meat. And the naan bread is a keeper 🤗
yay! That’s the best you can hope for with a recipe. The naan bread is one of my favourite recipes.
These were so delicious! Better than street vendor gyros. My favorite elk meat recipe yet! Thank you!
So happy to hear that!! They are so easy and flavourful. Thanks for sharing 🙂