Pot Roast Gyros

These gyros are simple - nothing fancy, but such delicious flavors...a quick, fun, delicious, and different weeknight meal!

Prep time: PT15M

Cook time: PT180M

Total time: PT195M

Rating

4.57 stars (37 reviews)

Keywords

gyros, pot roast, street food inspired

Ingredients

1 yellow onion, sliced
2 shallots, sliced
8 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon sweet/smoked paprika
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 tablespoons fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
4 pound chuck roast
1 (12 ounce) beer (or use chicken broth)
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons salted butter
6 fresh pitas or naan, warmed
pickled red onion, lettuce, and herbs for serving
Tzatziki, for serving

Cuisine

American

Steps

Oven
- 1. Preheat the oven to 325° F.2. Arrange the onions, shallots, and garlic, in the bottom of a large, oven-safe Dutch oven.3. In a bowl, mix the paprika, cumin, oregano, thyme, cayenne, and season with 2 teaspoons of salt. Place the roast on the onions, then rub all over with the spice mix. Pour over the beer and lemon juice. Add 1/3 cup water. Cover and roast for 3 to 4 hours or until very tender.4. Crank the heat on the oven up to 425° F. Uncover and cook for 10 minutes, until deeply caramelized on top. Remove the meat from the pot and shred it using two forks.5. Simmer the remaining sauce left in the pot with the butter, until just barely reduced. Toss the beef with the sauce. 6. Stuff the beef and onions into warmed pitas with tzatziki. Then add lettuce, red onions, and herbs. Drizzle over more tzatziki. YUM! Enjoy!
Crockpot
- 1. Arrange the onions, shallots, and garlic, in the bowl of the crockpot.2. In a bowl, mix the paprika, cumin, oregano, thyme, and cayenne, and season with 2 teaspoons of salt. Place the roast on the onions and rub all over with the spice mix. Pour over the beer and lemon juice. Cover and cook on LOW for 5-6 hours or on HIGH for 3 hours.3. Remove the meat from the pot and shred it using two forks.4. Crank the heat on the crockpot to HIGH and cook the remaining sauce with the butter until just barely reduced. Toss the beef with the sauce. 5. Stuff the beef and onions into warmed pitas with tzatziki. Then add lettuce, red onions, and herbs. Drizzle over more tzatziki. YUM! Enjoy!

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 519 kcal

Reviews

Alayna on 2026-03-28 (5 stars):
This was great! Thank you so much for it! A celebratory meal for my husband. He loved it!! My one question had to do with the salt amount. The ingredient list had 1 teaspoon but your step-by-step had 2 teaspoons. We did one tonight and that worked well!
Jill on 2026-03-24 (5 stars):
We have made this one so many times!
Sarah on 2026-03-21 (4 stars):
This recipe has good potential. I followed it to a “T” but cooking the meat on high for 3 hours in a slow cooker just makes for an undercooked, tough chunk of meat. I ended up cooking it several more hours on low in the slow cooker, but it just wasn’t as tender as it could have been. The only reason I cooked on “high”was because of time constraints. I would recommend not fooling with cooking on high for 3 hours; and, Tieghan, please take those instructions off the recipe. Thanks.
Jamie Nackino on 2026-03-15 (5 stars):
Everyone in my family enjoyed this. I used a dill sauce made with sour cream as my family doesn’t like cucumbers.
Kelly on 2025-12-01 (5 stars):
Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! Just the meat alone was perfect, but as a gyro… divine! I added the lettuce, pickled onions and tzatziki, but also added feta and chopped tomatoes. Sooo good! Thank you!