Switch up your Greek gyros! Instead of the classic roasted lamb filling, bite into our crunchy oven-baked fish version with homemade tzatziki sauce.
Tilapia Gyros
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 16
Ingredients
Tzatziki
- 1/4 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped cucumber
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped red onion
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh dill weed or mint leaves
Baked Greek Tilapia
- 2/3 cup Progresso™ plain panko crispy bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 egg
- 4 tilapia fillets or other mild-flavored, medium-firm fish fillets (3 oz each)
- Cooking spray
Pita Bread and Fillings
- 4 whole wheat pita breads (6 inch)
- 4 leaves leaf lettuce, washed and patted dry with paper towels, torn
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced cucumber
- 2 plum (Roma) tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped

Make With
Progresso Breadcrumbs
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 425° F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix Tzatziki ingredients. Cover and refrigerate until serving time.
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Step2In small shallow dish, mix bread crumbs, lemon peel, oregano, salt and pepper. Place egg in another shallow dish; beat with fork. Dip 1 fish fillet into egg; shake off excess. Coat both sides with bread crumb mixture; shake off excess crumbs, and place on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining fish fillets. Spray tops of breaded fish with cooking spray. Wrap pita breads in foil.
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Step3Bake fish 20 to 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork, placing foil-wrapped pita breads in oven last 10 minutes of bake time.
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Step4To serve, place lettuce leaf on half of each pita bread. Top with fish fillet, cucumber and tomato. Drizzle with tzatziki; fold other half of pita breads over fillings.
Nutrition
350
Calories
6g
Total Fat
27g
Protein
46g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 350
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 6%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 28%
- Sodium
- 680mg
- 28%
- Potassium
- 490mg
- 14%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 46g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 19%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 27g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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