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Greek chicken salad pittas

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Prep and cooking time: 25 mins

  • High-protein

Ingredients

Serves: 4

  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 400g chicken breast
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely diced or minced
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 100g feta
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 160g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ½ cucumber, sliced
  • 1 romaine lettuce, sliced
  • 4 wholewheat pittas
  • 200ml Plain natural or Greek yoghurt
  • ½ cucumber, grated
  • ½ bunch of mint, roughly chopped

Method

Step 1

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan, over medium heat.

Step 2

Fry the chicken breasts for 10mins, turning half way. After 5mins add the garlic, ½ the lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Meanwhile, mix together the yoghurt, ½ grated cucumber and mint, for the tzatziki in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Shred the chicken with two forks, or slice, and transfer to a large bowl.

Step 5

Mix the chicken with the carrot, feta, tomatoes and half of the tzatziki sauce.

Step 6

Toast the pittas and slice open in half. Fill with chicken, romaine and the other ½ of the cucumber slices.

Step 7

Serve with the remaining tzatziki sauce.

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