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Piri piri chicken pitas
Kid-friendlyOne pot

Piri piri chicken pitas

Portuguese-style spicy chicken in pita with lettuce and cooling yogurt.

Time 20 min
EffortEasy
Per serving$2.79
Calories309 kcal

Cost at typical Canadian prices for what the recipe uses. Your shop's live price is shown when you tap through from your list.

Ingredients

4 servings
  • Boneless skinless chicken breasts300 g
  • Peri-peri sauce50 g
  • Pita bread4 pitas
  • Romaine lettuce1 lettuce
  • Plain yogurt100 g

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Gluten, Milk.

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Nutrition per adult portion
309
calories
25g
protein
35g
carbs
7g
fat
2g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

  1. Slice the chicken into strips and toss with the piri piri marinade.300 g boneless skinless chicken breasts50 g peri-peri sauce
  2. Heat a little oil in a skillet over a medium-high heat and fry the chicken for 6 to 8 minutes, turning, until charred at the edges and cooked through with no pink.
  3. Toast the pitas until they puff up and cut along one edge to open a pocket. Shred the lettuce.4 pitas1 lettuce
  4. Fill the pitas with lettuce and chicken and finish with a spoon of yogurt.100 g plain yogurt
The trick that makes it

A squeeze of lemon over the chicken just before stuffing lifts all the flavours.

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