Meat dishes

• Oven-baked lamb with potatoes (Αρνί στο φούρνο με πατάτες). One of the most common "Sunday" dishes. There are many variations with additional ingredients.
• Bekri Meze: 'drunkard's snack', diced beef or pork marinated in wine, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, olive oil and cooked slowly.
• Giouvetsi: lamb or veal baked in a clay pot with Kritharaki (orzo) and tomatoes.
• Yiouvarlakia: meatballs with egg-lemon sauce, usually served over white rice.
• Païdakia: Grilled lamb chops with lemon, oregano, salt and pepper.
• Chtapodi sti Skhara: Grilled octopus in vinegar, oil and oregano. Accompanied by Ouzo.
• Gyros: meat roasted on a vertically turning spit and served with sauce (often tzatziki) and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread; a popular fast food.
• Kleftiko: literally meaning "of the Klephts", this is lamb slow-baked on the bone, first marinated in garlic and lemon juice, originally cooked in a pit oven.
• Keftedes: fried meatballs with oregano and mint.
• Kotopoulo pilafi, a chicken and white rice dish, mostly popular on the island of Crete. The gamopílafo ("wedding pilaf") variety is a prized version served at wedding feasts.
• Moussaka: eggplant casserole. There are other variations besides eggplant, such as zucchini or rice, but the eggplant version melitzanes moussaka is most popular.
• Pastitsio: a baked pasta dish with a filling of ground meat and a Bechamel sauce top.
• Pork with celery (hirino me selino/hirino selinato).
• Soutzoukakia Smyrneika (Smyrna meatballs): large meatballs with cumin, cinnamon and garlic and served in a tomato sauce. Often served with rice or mashed potatoes.
• Souvlaki: (lit: 'skewer') Anything grilled on a skewer (lamb, chicken, pork, swordfish, shrimp). Most common is lamb, pork or chicken, often marinated in oil, salt, pepper, oregano and lemon.
• Spetsofai: a stew of country sausage, green and red mild peppers, onions and wine. Originates from Mt. Pelion.
• Stifado: game (rabbit, hare, venison etc.) stew with pearl onions, vinegar, red wine and cinnamon. Beef can be substituted for game.