Greek Chicken Pita

Name: Greek Chicken Pita
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 500g chicken breast fillets, cut into strips (one pack); 3 cloves garlic, grated; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp salt; 1 pinch black pepper; 2 peppers, sliced (about 240g); 150g 2% Greek yoghurt; ½ cucumber, grated and squeezed dry; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 clove garlic, grated; 1 tsp dried dill; ¼ tsp salt; 4 pita breads (from a 6-pack); ½ cucumber, diced; ½ red onion, sliced; 60g Kalamata olives (from a 200g jar); 100g reduced-fat feta, crumbled (half a 200g pack)

Lemon and oregano chicken strips roasted alongside peppers, then stuffed into warm pita with tzatziki, cucumber, red onion and feta. Cool, sharp tzatziki against hot lemony chicken, all off one tray.

Serves: 4
Prep: 20min
Cook: 20min
Total: 40min

Programs: Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Lean Bulk and Recomp, Maintenance, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol

Per serving

Calories: 429kcal
Protein: 37.1g
Carbs: 27.6g
Fat: 19.8g
Fibre: 3g

Ingredients

MetricUS

For 4 servings · MetricUS

500gchicken breast fillets, cut into stripsone pack
3 clovesgarlic, grated
1 tbspolive oil
2 tbsplemon juice
1 tspground cumin
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspsalt
1 pinchblack pepper
2peppers, slicedabout 240g
150g2% Greek yoghurt
½cucumber, grated and squeezed dry
1 tbsplemon juice
1 tbspolive oil
1 clovegarlic, grated
1 tspdried dill
¼ tspsalt
4pita breadsfrom a 6-pack
½cucumber, diced
½red onion, sliced
60gKalamata olivesfrom a 200g jar
100greduced-fat feta, crumbledhalf a 200g pack

1.1 lbchicken breast fillets, cut into stripsone pack
3 clovesgarlic, grated
1 tbspolive oil
2 tbsplemon juice
1 tspground cumin
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspsalt
1 pinchblack pepper
2bell peppers, slicedabout 8.5oz
2/3 cup2% Greek yogurtabout 150g
½cucumber, grated and squeezed dry
1 tbsplemon juice
1 tbspolive oil
1 clovegarlic, grated
1 tspdried dill
¼ tspsalt
4pita breadsfrom a 6-pack
½cucumber, diced
½red onion, sliced
0.4 cupKalamata olivesabout 60g
3½ ozreduced-fat feta, crumbled

Method

Prep the oven.
Heat the oven to 200C fan (425F).
Roast the chicken and peppers.
Toss the chicken strips with the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, smoked paprika, oregano, salt and pepper. Spread the chicken and sliced peppers across a lined baking tray in a single layer.
Roast for 18 to 20 minutes, turning once, until the chicken is cooked through and the peppers have softened at the edges.
Make the tzatziki.
While the tray is in the oven, stir the yoghurt, cucumber, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, dill and salt together for the tzatziki.
Warm the pitas.
Warm the pita breads in the oven for the last 2 minutes, or in a dry pan, until soft and pliable.
Assemble the pitas.
Split each pita and fill with the roasted chicken and peppers, diced cucumber, red onion and olives. Spoon over the tzatziki and finish with the crumbled feta.

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Greek Chicken Pita

Ingredients

Method

Prep the oven.

Roast the chicken and peppers.

Make the tzatziki.

Warm the pitas.

Assemble the pitas.

Add this recipe to your meal plan for the week.