Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Grilled Chicken Pitas


This would be great with a salad or with some french fries. I used whole wheat pitas for this recipe. To mix it up, try making it without the salsa and avocado and use Tzatziki sauce to give it a greek flare. Additionally, you could swap out the chicken for pork, turkey or even shrimp.


boneless skinless chicken breast
salt for seasoning
crushed red pepper for seasoning
1 tsp minced ginger
ground cumin for seasoning
ground coriander for seasoning
2 tbsp lemon juice
olive oil
1/2 cup chopped cucumber
1 tomato, diced
1/4 cup red onion, diced
pita bread
1/2 avocado diced
salsa for garnish

Season chicken with crushed red pepper, ginger, salt, cumin, coriander and lemon juice. Finish by drizzling the chicken with olive oil. Toss to coat and let rest.

Heat grill.

Once grill is heated to about 350 degrees. Grill chicken until done.

About halfway through cooking chicken, wrap pita bread in foil and place on the grill to heat up.

Once chicken is done, wrap and foil and let rest for about 5 minutes. Then dice the grilled chicken.

Fill pita bread with grilled chicken and top with cucumber, tomato, red onion and avocado. Garnish with salsa. Serve and ENJOY!!!!!

Wine pairing.......Chardonnay or Pinot Noir.

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