Mediterranean Pita Pocket Sandwiches
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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4 pitas
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
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Cucumber Salad
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1⁄2 cup cucumber, peeled, shredded and squeezed as dry as possible
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 cup crumbled feta (optional)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
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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 1⁄2 cups shredded romaine lettuce (optional)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
directions
- 1. Adjust oven rack to middle position. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. In a small bowl, mix sour cream, yogurt, cucumber,lemon juice, 2 minced garlic clove, feta, pepper to taste;.
- 3. Wrap pitas in foil and Place in oven; bake until warm and pliable, 5 minutes. Cut in half.
- 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.
- To serve first fill pitas with lettuce, followed by meat, tomatoes and cucumber sauce.
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Reviews
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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.
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