Mediterranean Nachos
Created by Marramamba on August 4, 2019
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #33073
Ingredients
- 1 cup cucumber peeled, seeded and grated
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1/2 pound pita bread (about six)
- Cooking spray
- 1 pound ground lamb (or beef)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 2 cups Greek yogurt (plain)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 cups romaine lettuce (torn)
- 2 tomatoes, chopped (medium tomatoes, seeded)
- 1/2 cup Greek olives (pitted and chopped)
- 4 green onions thinly
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
How to Make
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Step 1: Salt cucumber in a colander and let sit 30 minutes. Squeeze and pat dry.
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Step 2: In a small bowl combine cumin, coriander, paprika, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper
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Step 3: Cut pitas into eight wedges, arrange on single layer on baking sheet. Spray with cooking spray
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Step 4: Sprinkle 3/4 tsp. seasoning mix over pita. Broil 3-4 inches from heat on both sides. Cool on wire rack
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Step 5: In skillet cook lamb with rest of seasoning mix until no longer pink. Add beef broth and cornstarch combined and cook until thickened.
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Step 6: In a small bowl combine cucumber, lemon juice, zest and yogurt and salt and pepper.
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Step 7: Arrange pita on a platter. Layer with lettuce, lamb olives and tomatoes. Serve with cucumber sauce
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (155.2 g)
- Calories 206.6
- Total Fat - 10.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.6 g
- Cholesterol - 31.7 mg
- Sodium - 529.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 14.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 2 g
- Protein - 12.7 g
- Calcium - 113.4 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg