Indian-Spiced Chicken Pitas
Recipe: #16799
January 17, 2015
Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Poultry, Chicken, Dairy, Irish, Small Batch Cooking, Grill (Electric), Grilling (Outdoor), Diabetic, Heart Healthy, Low Fat, No Eggs, Herbs, Yogurt, Boneless Pieces, Sandwiches more
"The American Heart Associate recommends this recipe as heart-healthy and diabetic-friendly. I recommend it because it's delicious and easy."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (324.1 g)
- Calories 566.5
- Total Fat - 12.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.1 g
- Cholesterol - 107.1 mg
- Sodium - 851 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 66.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9 g
- Sugars - 17.9 g
- Protein - 49.3 g
- Calcium - 209.5 mg
- Iron - 4.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat grill to medium high. In a small bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon yogurt, ginger, 1/4 teaspoon cumin, paprika, and cayenne. Brush over both sides of chicken.
Step 2
Grill the chicken for 5-6 minutes per side, until done. Transfer to a plate, cover, and let stand 5 minutes. Thinly slice.
Step 3
Wrap pitas in foil and heat on grill (or in oven). Do not use foil if heating in microwave.
Step 4
Combine sauce ingredients in small bowl.
Step 5
To serve, spoon 2 tablespoons lettuce into each pita half. Arrange onion over the lettuce, then top with chicken. Dollop with the yogurt mixture. Garnish with tomatoes.
Tips & Variations
- Foil, for wrapping pitas