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🍽️ Greek Gyros Meat in Metaxa Cream

609 kcal · 70 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g chicken breast fillet(s) (or turkey fillet)
• 2 bell pepper(s), red
• 250 g mushrooms
• 200 ml cream
• 200 g sour cream
• 3 tbsp Metaxa
• salt and pepper
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• a little sugar
• 200 g cheese, grated
• 1 onion(s)
• paprika powder
• garlic granules
• spice mix (Greek)
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the meat into thin strips.
2. 2. Marinate the meat strips with a little oil and Greek spices.
3. 3. You can also prepare the marinade the day before.
4. 4. Finely chop the onion.
5. 5. Fry the onion in a little oil.
6. 6. Wash the bell peppers.
7. 7. Cut the bell peppers into cubes.
8. 8. Clean the mushrooms.
9. 9. Cut the mushrooms into cubes as well.
10. 10. Add the cut vegetables to the onion in the pan.
11. 11. Let the vegetables simmer on low heat.
12. 12. Wait until the liquid has evaporated.
13. 13. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper in between.
14. 14. Fry the meat in another pan over high heat.
15. 15. Do not use extra fat when frying the meat.
16. 16. Add the prepared vegetable mixture to the meat.
17. 17. Add sour cream to the pan.
18. 18. Add cream to the pan.
19. 19. Add tomato paste to the pan.
20. 20. Add Metaxa (a Greek brandy) to the pan.
21. 21. Let the mixture simmer for one minute.
22. 22. Season the sauce with spices to taste.
23. 23. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
24. 24. Place the meat mixture in a baking dish.
25. 25. Sprinkle the mixture with cheese.
26. 26. Bake the baking dish for about 20 minutes in the oven.
27. 27. Remove the dish when the cheese is golden brown.
28. 28. Serve the dish with rice and tzatziki.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 609
• Protein: 48 g · Fett/Fat: 42 g · Carbs: 9 g