Grilled Chicken Pitas
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided
- 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- cooking spray
- 1 red onion, cut into thin rings
- 6 pita breads
- 1⁄2 head romaine lettuce, finely chopped
- 1 (10 5/8 ounce) jar kalamata olives, drained, halved and pitted
- 12 slices bacon, fried crisp
- alfalfa sprout
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
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Yogurt Sauce
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1⁄4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
directions
- Combine 3 T lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic and 1 tsp of the oregano in a gallon Ziploc bag. Add the chicken, turn to coat.
- Allow the chicken breast to marinate for 30 minutes a room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
- Combine the tomatoes and feta cheese in a small glass dish. Add the remaining 2 tsp lemon juice, olive oil and the remaining 1 tsp oregano.
- Stir to combine and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- For the yogurt sauce, whisk together the yogurt, garlic, walnuts and olive oil. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Preheat a grill pan to medium heat and coat with cooking spray.
- Grill the chicken breasts and onion rings for 8-10 minutes, turning frequently. (Grill until chicken is no longer pink in the thickest portion of the breast.).
- Remove chicken and onion rings from pan and set aside to cool. Slice the chicken into thin pieces.
- To assemble the sandwiches, cut each pita in half and split.
- Place several slices of grilled chicken, 3-4 slivers of onion, 1 T of the tomato-feta mixture, lettuce, olives and 1-2 slices of bacon to each pita.
- Top with yogurt sauce and a wad of alfalfa sprouts. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
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Reviews
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Would love to make this recipe for 4-6 when we have company, but this first time I cut it down by 2/3 for just 2 of us, & although I pretty much followed the recipe, I did use bacon bits instead of frying my own! Absolutely great tasting & a very satisfying treat! [Made & reviewed in Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup tag]
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Stacee R.
United States