Piri piri chicken pitas
Portuguese-style spicy chicken in pita with lettuce and cooling yogurt.
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Ingredients
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts11 oz
- Peri-peri sauce2 oz
- Pita bread4 pitas
- Romaine lettuce1 lettuce
- Plain yogurt4 oz
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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Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Slice the chicken into strips and toss with the piri piri marinade.11 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts2 oz peri-peri sauce
- 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.
- Toast the pitas until they puff up and cut along one edge to open a pocket. Shred the lettuce.4 pitas1 lettuce
- Fill the pitas with lettuce and chicken and finish with a spoon of yogurt.4 oz plain yogurt
A squeeze of lemon over the chicken just before stuffing lifts all the flavors.
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