Weight Watchers Beef Gyros

Do you enjoy visiting greek restaurants but are searching for a healthier greek meal you can make at home? Search no further, our Instant Pot beef gyros make a healthy and delicious quick meal. Our flavorful Weight Watchers Beef Gyros topped with Weight Watchers homemade tzatziki sauce is a healthy eating twist on the traditional gyro that will help you stay within your personal points. 

This healthy recipe will be your favorite way to indulge in Greek food at home. Whether you are looking for an easy meal prep lunch, or hoping to have a quick dinner for your meal planning, our Weight Watchers Beef Gyros are an excellent recipe to add to your collection of healthy recipes.

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What are Gyros?

Before we get to our ingredient list, you might be wondering what are gyros? Traditional greek gyros (jai·rohs) are a blend of beef and lamb formed into a sausage, roasted, and shaved into thin slices.

The meat is served on warm pita bread and topped with tzatziki sauce or cucumber yogurt sauce. Gyros are a popular Greek dish that you can find in most Greek restaurants.

Typically loaded with a ton of sodium and a higher fat content, the Traditional Greek Gyro recipe would eat up most of your daily WW points. I use lean beef here, or you can swap it for chicken and get the Point values even lower.

What’s Tzatziki?

You can’t enjoy a gyros without Tzatziki. Tzatziki (tuh·zee·kee) is a dip or sauce typically eaten in Southeast Europe and the Middle East. It’s traditionally yogurt based with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes with vinegar or lemon juice, and herbs such as dill, fresh mint, parsley and thyme.

My simple recipe is authentic inspired, made with Greek yogurt and spices, and is sure to be one of your new favorite sauces!

Ingredients in Weight Watchers Beef Gyros

Gyro Meat Ingredients

• Flank Steak: This very lean cut of meat is commonly used in the London broil. This contains a lot of muscle fiber so it’s not always tender, but is perfect for gyros, fajitas, or tacos. Just slice thinly, across the grain.
• Garlic: Use fresh minced garlic cloves. Garlic powder won’t give this quick beef gyro recipe the traditional taste that fresh does.
• Parsley: A little bit goes a long way.
• Pepper
• Beef Broth: You can water instead, but I like using broth for a little extra flavor. Just be sure to use a low-sodium variety. 
• Red Onion: Why do they call them red onions when they clearly should be called purple onions?
• Lemon Juice: High in vitamin C, lemons aid in digestion and can help prevent kidney stones.

WW Tzatziki Sauce Ingredients

• Fat Free Greek Yogurt: Did you know that Greek yogurt isn’t really Greek? In Greece it’s called straggisto and loosely translates to strained yogurt. It’s yogurt with most of the whey strained out.
• Cucumbers: Made mostly of water, cucumbers can promote hydration and keep you full longer.
• Garlic: Always fresh garlic.
• Dill: You can use dried dill, but I really prefer fresh for Tzatziki sauce. It brings so much bright flavor.

Optional Toppings

• Whole Wheat Pita: You can substitute with naan bread or whole wheat tortillas if you prefer.
• Carrots
• Red Onion
• Tomatoes: We love using cherry tomatoes cut in half.
• Cucumbers: Whip up some extra tzatziki sauce and use this as a dip for a cucumber snack during the week.
• Lettuce
• Feta Cheese

How to cook in the Instant Pot

1. Season, Slice & Mince: Season your flank steak with dried parsley and black pepper. Thinly slice your red onion and steak. I recommend no thicker than 1/4″, and cut against the grain of the steak. Mince your garlic.
2. Saute: Set your Instant Pot to sauté and lightly spray with cooking spray. Once hot, add the onions and garlic and sauté until the onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Then add your sliced steak, beef broth and lemon juice.
3. Pressure Cook: Close and lock the lid and turn the pressure valve to sealing. Select Pressure cook (high pressure) and set the cook time for 9 minutes.
4. Make your Tzatziki Sauce: While your meat cooks, mix together the Greek yogurt, shredded cucumbers, garlic, and dill in a small bowl. Store in the fridge until it’s time to serve.
5. Quick Release: Once the cook time is complete, quick release the pressure and remove the lid. Serve immediately.

How to cook on the Stovetop

1. Season your flank steak with dried parsley and black pepper. Thinly slice your red onion and steak. I recommend no thicker than 1/4″, and cut against the grain of the steak. Finely chop your garlic.
2. Spray a skillet with cooking spray and heat to medium/high.
3. Add meat, onions and garlic to the pan and saute until onions begin to soften.
4. Add lemon juice and broth and bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Recipe Tips

• Swap equal amounts of thinly sliced chicken breasts to make chicken Gyros.
• Wrap your pitas in a wet paper towel and microwave for 30 seconds to help them fold better, without cracking or breaking.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve over quinoa or lettuce to make gyro bowls.
• Pickling your vegetables before adds a nice flavor profile. You can quickly do this by soaking them in a couple teaspoons of apple cider vinegar.
• I like to top my gyros with 0 point veggies like cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion and lettuce.

Weight Watchers Points

Using Joseph’s brand whole wheat pita and fat free Greek yogurt these gyros are:

6 2023 Points | 5 Blue Plan Points | 6 Green Plan Points | 5 Purple Plan Points.  

You can lower your points by using chicken or omitting the pita and serving as a Greek salad over lettuce. Don’t forget to count any additional toppings that you use. 

More Weight Watchers recipes

• Chicken Gyro Bowl with Homemade Tzatziki
• Weight Watchers Tuscan Chicken Pasta
• Weight Watchers Lasagna Recipe
• Homemade Hamburger Helper with Green Chiles
• Weight Watchers Swedish Meatballs