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Tilapia Gyros

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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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
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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

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 425° F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix Tzatziki ingredients. Cover and refrigerate until serving time.
  • Step 
    2
    In 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.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 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.
  • Step 
    4
    To 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
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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