Chicken Shawarma
Alexis
This is an amazing recipe from the Cooking Light Magazine (July 2008) that I slightly altered.
ingredients
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 2 tsp extravirgin olive oil
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast, sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup premade tzatziki sauce
- cooking spray
- 4 (6-inch) pitas
- tomato slices
- cucumber slices
- shredded lettuce (optional)
directions
- 1
To prepare chicken, combine first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl. Add chicken to bowl; toss well to coat. Let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- 2
Preheat a large pan and coat with cooking spray. Add chicken to pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through.
- 3
Warm pitas in oven, on grill, or in microwave. Top each pita with 2 Tbsp tzatziki sauce, 1/4 of chicken mixture, tomatoes, cucumber, and lettuce.
Nutrition per serving
384 Cal, 9.8 g Fat, 2.1 g Sat Fat, 34.4 g Prot, 40 g Carb, 2.5 g Fib, 64 mg Chol, 4.3 mg Iron, 821 mg Sod, 106 mg Calc
Source: Alexis
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