New!
Pita with chicken, tomato salsa & garlic sauce
486 kcal per person
31g Protein
41g Carbs
22g Fat
10g Fiber
Ingredients
- 3 ounces chicken breast (84 g)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (15 ml)
- ½ teaspoon paprika (ground spice) (1 g)
- 1 pinch ground cumin (1 g)
- 1 teaspoon oregano, dried (2 g)
- 1 tomato
- ¼ red onion
- ½ cucumber
- 1 clove garlic (5 g)
- 1 tablespoon yogurt, nonfat (15 ml)
- ½ tablespoon mayonnaise (8 ml)
- 1 squeeze lemon juice (5 ml)
- 1 pita, whole wheat
- 1 handful iceberg lettuce, shredded (30 g)
Preparing this recipe
- Slice the chicken breast into strips. Mix in a bowl with half of the oil, paprika powder, cumin, half of the oregano and some salt and pepper. Stir together and let the chicken marinate for a while.
- Dice the tomato into small cubes and finely chop the red onion. Slice the cucumber into rounds.
- Make the tomato salsa by mixing the tomato cubes with the red onion, the remaining half of the oil and oregano in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
- Next, prepare the garlic sauce by pressing the garlic clove. Combine it with the yogurt, mayonnaise and the lemon juice in a bowl and stir together.
- Heat a skillet and cook the chicken strips until they are cooked through and golden brown, about 4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, toast the pita in a toaster or a grill pan.
- Slice open the pita bread. Place half of the lettuce inside the bread, top with the chicken strips, tomato salsa, half of the cucumber and drizzle the garlic sauce over it. Serve the remaining lettuce and cucumber on the side with some extra garlic sauce.
Tip van FitChef
1. Stir some finely chopped fresh chives into the garlic sauce.
2. You can briefly sauté the minced garlic in some oil. This will mellow the flavor of the garlic sauce.
