Smokin’ Chickpea Vegetarian Gyros

How to make this recipe

1. Rinse, drain and pat dry the chickpeas with a clean tea towel (Image 1).
2. On a foil lined baking tray, scatter the chickpeas with the oil, paprika, cayenne pepper and oregano.Season with salt and pepper and shake the tray to evenly coat everything. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes (Image 2).

3. After 20 minutes remove from oven and leave to cool (Image 3).

4. Add the grated cucumber (squeezed of excess moisture), Greek yogurt, lime juice and chopped mint to a bowl and mix together to make the Tzatziki. Season generously with salt (Image 4).

5. Heat a griddle pan or non stick pan and dry toast the flat bread for around 1 minute. Use your tongs to gently fold the flatbread lengthways to form the shape of the gyros.  To assemble the gyros start by adding a thick layer of tzatziki, a couple of lettuce leaves, the remaining sliced cucumber, a handful of smoky chickpeas, tomatoes, onion and some crumbled feta. Enjoy! (Image 5).

Smokin’ Chickpea Vegetarian Gyros

by Mimi Harrison

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5 from 10 votes

Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Cook Time: 20 minutes mins

Total Time: 25 minutes mins

£1.23

mains, Snack

Greek

Servings: 4

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These Greek inspired gyros are a great vegetarian alternative to the classic with crispy smokin' chickpeas as the perfect meat substitute.

Ingredients

• ▢ 400 g 240g drained weight tin of chickpeas (£0.31)
• ▢ ½ lime, juiced (£0.20)
• ▢ 1 cucumber ½ grated, ½ thinly sliced (£0.43)
• ▢ 250 ml Greek yogurt (£0.56)
• ▢ ½ small red onion, finely diced (£0.18)
• ▢ 125 g cherry tomatoes, finely chopped (£0.49)
• ▢ 1 little gem lettuce, washed (£0.70)
• ▢ 50 g feta, crumbled (£0.75/4)=(£0.19)
• ▢ 4 flatbreads (£1.35)
• ▢ 1 Handful of fresh mint, chopped and removed from the stems (£0.50)

Cupboard Essentials

• ▢ ½ tbsp smoked paprika
• ▢ ¼-½ tsp cayenne pepper
• ▢ ½ tsp oregano
• ▢ 1 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ Salt & Pepper

Method

Preheat oven to 200°C fan

• Rinse, drain and pat the chickpeas dry. Add them to a foil lined baking sheet along with the oil, paprika, cayenne pepper and oregano. Season with salt and pepper and shake the tray to evenly coat everything. Pop in the oven for 20M.
• Prepare the tzatziki by combining the grated cucumber (squeezed of excess moisture), greek yogurt, lime juice and chopped mint. Season generously with salt.
• Dry toast the flat bread by heating in a griddle pan/ non-stick pan on a medium heat for around 1 minute. Use your tongs to gently fold the flatbread lengthways to form the shape of the gyros.
• Assemble the gyros by adding a thick layer of tzatziki, a couple of lettuce leaves, remaining sliced cucumber, a handful of smoky chickpeas, tomatoes, onion and some crumbled feta.
• Use any remaining tzatziki as a dip!

Nutrition

Servings: 4 servings

Fat: 18g

Calories: 484kcal

Carbohydrates: 60g

Protein: 18g