Greek Style Lamb Kabobs With Pita and Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

This great lamb recipe from the American Lamb Board makes a fantastic pita sandwich. If you like, you can keep your kebabs the width of your pita so you can simply slide the skewer off into your sandwich. This is one of a few different ways you can make delicious Greek kebabs.

Ingredients

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 teaspoon dry oregano

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 dash kosher salt, or to taste

1 dash freshly ground black pepper, or to taste

1 pound boneless lamb leg, or shoulder, trimmed and cut into 20 bite-size cubes

16 grape tomatoes, or cherry tomatoes

1 large onion, cut into 16 bite-size pieces

4 large pitas

Salad greens, optional

For the Tzatziki Sauce:

2 cups plain yogurt, preferably Greek

1 large cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded, and diced

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint leaves

1 dash kosher salt, or to taste

1 dash ground black pepper, or to taste