Greek Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Salad With Warm Pita Bread F

Submitted by cookin4six

"This came from one of my Rachael Ray cookbooks. I tried it a couple of summers ago and it's one of our favorites. The whole family loves this. Very flavorful!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 - 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken breast tenders, 2 packages from meat case
• salt and pepper
• 8 pita breads
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of, ripe
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it
• 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil, eyeball it
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano, 4 stems, stripped of leaves and chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 romaine lettuce hearts, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup pitted kalamata olive, coarsely chopped
• 8 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 2 vine ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 1⁄3 seedless cucumber or 1/3 English cucumber, diced
• 1⁄2 red onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup flat leaf parsley, a couple of handfuls, chopped

directions

1. Preheat grill pan over high heat.
2. Place chicken in shallow dish and season with salt and pepper.
3. Preheat oven to 275°F.
4. Wrap pita breads in foil.
5. Place in warm oven and heat until dinner is served.
6. Combine lemon zest, juice and vinegar in a bowl and whisk in oil.
7. Add oregano, garlic and whisk again to combine into dressing.
8. Pour half the dressing over chicken tenders.
9. Turn tenders in dressing to coat.
10. Combine remaining salad ingredients in a bowl.
11. Pour remaining dressing over salad and toss well.
12. The salad should be very lightly dressed.
13. Season salad with salt and pepper and transfer to a large serving platter.
14. Grill tenders 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Transfer hot tenders to the salad lined serving platter.
15. Remove pitas from oven and unwrap.
16. Cut pitas in half and arrange around the edge of platter.
17. To serve, each person can pile grilled chicken and veggies into pita halves, wrap up on either side and enjoy!

Reviews

[MommaEllen]

So good! I used dried oregano and recipe#60108 and we really enjoyed this fresh meal! Thank you for sharing! Made this for Fall PAC '08.

 

[hungrykitten]

I made this for my BF and besides being easy and delicious, it looks really pretty all piled up on the platter.