Delightful Greek Bifteki Recipe
If you love Greek cuisine, you can now enjoy your favourite dishes at home. Here's a Greek bifteki you must make at home.
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef (minced beef)
1 pound ground lamb (minced lamb)
2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon thyme - minced
1 tablespoon mint - minced
1 tablespoon oregano - minced
1 medium yellow onion - grated
1 medium egg
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
8 ounces feta cheese
4 medium pita bread - grilled- 2 medium cucumbers - sliced
2 medium tomato - sliced
2 cups iceberg lettuce - chopped- 1 medium yellow onion - sliced
2 cups tzatziki sauce
Instructions
- Mix the meat, yogurt, herbs, egg, and seasonings in a large bowl.
- Mix together the ingredients until well combined and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes for the flavours to combine
- Preheat the grill to medium-high heat
- Remove the meat from the refrigerator and shape it into 8 large flat patties.
- Place about 2 ounces of the Greek feta cheese onto one of the patties and, place a second patty directly over the cheese and seal the two patties together by pressing the edges closed, sealing in the cheese, continue to stuff the patties with feta until all the bifteki’s are prepared.
- Cook the bifteki for about 3 to 4 minutes per side on the preheated grill or lightly oil a griddle and cook the bifteki for about 5 minutes per side.
- Place the bifteki’s on a lightly grilled piece of pita bread and garnish with fresh lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and tzatziki sauce and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 940kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 61gFat: 67gSaturated Fat: 25gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 234mgSodium: 2452mgPotassium: 1049mgFiber: 4gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 1381IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 284mgIron: 6mg
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