Greek chicken pita

Name: Greek chicken pita
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: mediterranean
Ingredients: 250 g chicken breast; 2 pc pita bread; 130 g greek yogurt; 100 g cucumber; 120 g tomato; 40 g red onion; 1 tbsp olive oil; 25 g lemon; 2 pc garlic; 1 to taste oregano; 1 to taste salt; 120 g chickpeas

30 min · 2 servings · 548 kcal

Nora Beckett · @norapreps

Marinate in yogurt, not oil. The acid and enzymes get into the meat where oil just coats it, and thirty minutes is enough to notice.

Ingredients

chicken breast250 g
pita bread2 pc
greek yogurt130 g
cucumber100 g
tomato120 g
red onion40 g
olive oil1 tbsp
lemon25 g
garlic2 pc
oregano1 to taste
salt1 to taste
chickpeas120 g

Instructions

Marinate the sliced chicken in half the yogurt with the garlic, oregano and lemon for at least 30 minutes.
Make tzatziki from the rest of the yogurt with grated, squeezed cucumber.
Crush the chickpeas roughly and spread them inside the pita before the chicken.
Sear the chicken in the oil over high heat, 3 minutes a side. Do not crowd the pan or it steams.
Warm the pitas, fill with chicken, tomato, onion and tzatziki.

Per serving

548kcal47 gProtein13 gFat60 gCarbs

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