Mediterranean Pita Pocket Sandwiches

Nadia Melkowits's Note:

This is such a great recipe for parties or picnic or even as a quick lunch. Easy to assemble and very healthy and tasty.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 pitas

Cucumber Salad

• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup plain low-fat yogurt
• ½ cup cucumber , peeled, shredded and squeezed as dry as possible
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• ½ cup crumbled feta (optional)
• 2 garlic cloves , minced

For the Rest

• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 4 large pita bread
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion , peeled and cut into chunky wedges
• 1 lb grilled chicken , bites (or roasted pulled pork)
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 ½ cups shredded romaine lettuce (optional)
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes , halved

Directions:

1. 1. Adjust oven rack to middle position. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. 2. In a small bowl, mix sour cream, yogurt, cucumber,lemon juice, 2 minced garlic clove, feta, pepper to taste;.
3. 3. Wrap pitas in foil and Place in oven; bake until warm and pliable, 5 minutes. Cut in half.
4. 4. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over high heat saute onion until golden brown. Add meat, oregano and remaining minced garlic; continue to saute for about 2 minutes.
5. To serve first fill pitas with lettuce, followed by meat, tomatoes and cucumber sauce.

Reviews

[personalchef]

Made for spring 2010 PAC This is a 5+++ recipe. I'll start with the tsatziki sauce. It was fabulous!! The addition of the sour cream to the yogurt really allowed the other flavors to shine through. I have made this sauce before and found the pure yogurt to really make it too tart for my taste. NEXT, the use of chicken instead of traditional Gyros meat. I LOVE Gyros, but I don't make them because ground lamb is so hard to find. And I love chicken. The use of chicken wasn't meant by the chef to replace Gyro Meat, she doesn't call this a Gyro. The chicken made this lighter and certainly lower in fat. I didn't feel like I was missing a thing. I used greek pitas which are heated and folded around the filling, instead of split and filled. You really need to try this.