
Chicken souvlaki pittas
Lemony Greek-style chicken in warm pittas with homemade tzatziki.
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Ingredients
- Chicken breast fillets500 g
- Pitta breads8 pittas
- Natural yoghurt200 g
- Cucumber½ cucumber
- Lettuce1 lettuce
- Tomatoes250 g
- Lemons1 lemon
- Garlic3 cloves
Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, dried mixed herbs. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Gluten, Milk.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces. Toss with the juice of half the lemon, a teaspoon of dried oregano or mixed herbs, a tablespoon of oil, salt and pepper.500 g chicken breast fillets1 lemon
- Heat the grill to high, or a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Cook the chicken for 10 to 12 minutes, turning, until charred in places and cooked through.
- Make the tzatziki: grate the cucumber, squeeze out the water with your hands, and stir into the yoghurt with a little grated garlic and a pinch of salt.200 g natural yoghurt½ cucumber3 cloves garlic
- Warm the pittas in the toaster and cut open. Fill with chicken, tzatziki, shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes, with the rest of the lemon squeezed over.8 pittas1 lettuce250 g tomatoes
Squeeze the grated cucumber in a clean tea towel so the tzatziki stays thick.
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