Recipe: Quick & Tasty Greek-Style Kebab Wraps with Pork and Chargrilled Vegetables

Eating a balanced meal and enjoying our food is very important to me, and I have talked before about how we like to sit down as a family at the table for a meal as often as we can.

Family meals can be very hectic, as it always feels like such a rush after a busy day, especially now we are all at home, so we try to have some idea of what we are going to cook each night. We want to have a simple, balanced meal that doesn’t take an age to make. Meals obviously have to be kid-friendly too – our daughter is pretty good at trying new things now, but she certainly has her favourites, and when she’s particularly tired and grumpy, she isn’t often willing to try something new.

We tend to cook with lean pork, beef or lamb a few times a week ⁠— it is really tasty, and provides us with a natural source of vitamin B12. Did you know that vitamin B12 is typically only found naturally in foods from animal products, such as meat, fish, eggs and dairy products? As adults, we need around 1.5 micrograms of vitamin B12 a day. Pork is a source of vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and zinc, which can help the immune system to work normally.

We cook with pork a lot, as it is really versatile with a variety of cuts available, and you can make so many quick, tasty and balanced meals with it, whilst getting essential vitamins and minerals we need to help support our health and wellbeing. We eat pork in lots of different ways, from pork burgers with mince to belly pork and a full roast pork on a Sunday, with crispy crackling (although this is a lot less lean, of course)! 

Great reasons to eat lean pork

Lean pork is a naturally rich source of vitamin B12;

• Vitamin B12 helps energy production in the body
• Vitamin B12 helps the nervous system work normally
• Vitamin B12 helps red blood cell formation
• Vitamin B12 helps the immune system work normally
• Vitamin B12 helps reduce tiredness and fatigue

Not only can some cuts of pork be lean, but it’s naturally rich in protein, low in salt and provides ten vitamins and minerals that contribute towards good health and wellbeing. These are: thiamin (vitamin B1), niacin (vitamin B3), vitamins B6 and B12, riboflavin, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, selenium and pantothenic acid.

Quick & Tasty Greek-Style Kebab Wraps with Pork and Chargrilled Vegetables

These Greek-style pork kebabs make a delicious family meal that’s perfect for midweek cooking when you’re worn out and don’t have loads have time. Kids love to get involved with piling up their own wraps, and I always find that my daughter eats more when we have a meal like this that she can help herself to and we all love to dig in and help ourselves.

Most of the ingredients are things you’ll probably often have in your fridge and cupboards, you can substitute in any number of vegetables to grill with the pork and you can make quite a bit of it ahead of time, which is always a bonus!

You can either buy tzatziki or make it yourself if you have the ingredients and time, or you could always just use creme fraiche or natural yoghurt with a squeeze of lemon as your sauce.

The crunchy lettuce works really well in the wraps, but you could also use rocket or spinach or whatever you have!

Enjoy!

Greek-Style pork kebab wraps, with chargrilled vegetables

Greek-Style pork loin kebab wraps, with chargrilled vegetables, crunchy salad, and tzatziki.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Main Dish

Cuisine Greek

Servings 3 people

Ingredients

  

• 500 g lean pork loin steaks, with any visible fat removed
• 1 pepper any colour or a mixture – we used snack peppers as it’s what we had in
• 1 Onion red or white
• 1 courgette optional

For the marinade

• 1 tsp dried mint
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 3/4 lemon juice
• 1 large clove garlic crushed
• 1 tbsp vinegar red or white wine
• 3 tbsp olive oil

Other

• 8 wraps 8 small or 6 large wraps (we used wholemeal)
• 1 head little gem lettuce

For the tzatziki (if homemade)

• 200 ml natural yoghurt
• 1/2 cucumber
• 1/2 clove garlic crushed
• 1 tsp vinegar red or white wine vinegar
• 1/4 lemon juice

Instructions

 

For the marinade

• In a bowl, mix together the dried mint, dried oregano, lemon juice, crushed garlic, vinegar and then add the olive oil to loosen the mixture. (you can add a tbsp of water if needed)
  

For the kebabs

• Cut the pork into roughly 3cm cubes
• Put the pork in a food bag or a bowl (and cover) together with the marinade and leave for at least 30 mins in the fridge (or you could prepare it in the morning or even the evening before)
  
• Chop the onions and peppers to around 3cm
• Once the meat has marinated, add the pork, peppers and onions onto skewers
  
• Put the kebabs onto the grill pan and grill at medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes turning once halfway through
  
• Meanwhile, prepare the accompaniments
• Microwave the wraps together for 30 seconds or dry-fry them individually in a frying pan for about 20 seconds a side
• Once the kebabs are cooked through, put them onto a plate and assemble everything together ready to serve

Homemade tzatiki

• Grate the cucumber into a sieve sat over a bowl
• Sprinkle with salt and leave to sit for 20 minutes (this draws out the excess water)
• Meanwhile, combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl
• Using your hands squeeze any excess water out of the cucumber and add to the mixture and stir to combine

I really hope you like the sound of this recipe for Quick & Tasty Greek Style Kebab Wraps with Pork and Chargrilled Vegetables, and do make sure you let me know if you decide to make it yourself — I’d love to know what you think of them!

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