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These delicious Middle Eastern inspired Spiced Lamb Pitas are a quick and easy dinner that comes together in under 30 minutes. With delicious spiced lamb and a creamy feta yogurt sauce, these ground lamb pitas deserve to be on your dinner rotation!
Struggling for an easy dinner recipe that is quick, easy and healthy? Try these Spiced Lamb Pitas. Inspired by my Mediterranean Lamb Bowls, ground lamb is quickly browned, warm Middle Eastern spiced are added, then it is all piled into a fluffy pita and topped with crunchy cucumbers, juicy tomatoes and a creamy feta mint sauce that I just love.
How to make Ground Lamb Pitas
Making spiced ground lamb for pitas is super quick and easy.
- Heat some olive oil in a large sauté pan, then add the onion and garlic.
- After the onion and garlic start to soften, add the ground lamb and brown until cooked through.
- Add paprika, allspice, red pepper flakes, ginger, salt and pepper. Mix until fully combined, cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in fresh herbs.
- Assemble the pita by adding some ground lamb, chopped cucumber and tomatoes, and the yogurt feta sauce (full recipe below).
Tips for making the best lamb pitas
- Be careful not to overcook the lamb or it will dry out, particularly if you are using grass fed lamb.
- For the pitas, you can make them yourself as I have HERE, but store bought pitas are perfectly fine!
- Warm your pitas a bit before assembling your lamb pita to make them more flexible.
How to make Feta Mint Yogurt Sauce
This easy yogurt sauce with feta and mint is so delicious, and is creamy and zingy, the perfect compliment to the spiced lamb. It only has 4 ingredients and you just throw them all into a small food processor and whip it up. If you don’t have a food processor, try a blender.
Ingredients for Yogurt Feta Sauce
- Plain Greek Yogurt
- Feta Cheese (buy it in a block, not crumbled)
- Fresh Mint Leaves
- Lemon Juice
What toppings are best for Lamb Pitas?
- If you don’t want to make the yogurt feta sauce, try my Tzatziki Sauce, or even plain yogurt. Hummus would also be a great addition, but I think the cool and creamy yogurt sauce really shines here.
- Fresh herbs are another great topping, here I have used flat Italian parsley and mint.
- Crunchy cucumber and juicy tomato are a natural compliment to this lamb pita, but feel free to add more vegetables if you prefer!
More Recipes You Will Love
- Mediterranean Lamb Bowls
- Lamb Kofte Kebabs
- Greek Chicken Thighs
- Easy Homemade Hummus
- Easy Tzatziki Sauce
- Homemade Pitas
Spiced Lamb Pitas with Feta Mint Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
For the spiced lamb
- 1 pound ground lamb
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup white onion finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic finely minced
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh mint chopped plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley chopped plus more for garnish
Feta Mint Sauce
- 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup fresh mint
- 2 ounces feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
For the pitas
- 4 Pitas
- 1/2 Cucumber diced
- 1/2 tomatoe diced
Instructions
Make the Feta Mint Sauce
- Add the yogurt, feta, mint and lemon juice to a small food processor or blender, pulse until smooth.
Make the Spiced Ground Lamb
- Heat a large saute pan over medium heat. Add olive oil.
- When oil is hot, add onions and garlic. Sauté for 5 minutes, until starting to soften but not brown.
- Add ground lamb. Brown lamb until cooked through.
- Add paprika, allspice, red pepper flakes, ginger, salt and pepper. Mix until fully combined, cook for 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in fresh herbs.
Assemble the pitas
- To one pita, add spiced lamb, cucumbers and tomatoes, drizzle with feta mint sauce. Garnish with more fresh herbs if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
