Lean Performance Lab LPL

Recipes 20 min

Chicken pita with yogurt sauce

Spiced chicken, cucumber yogurt and a warm pita, in 20 minutes.

64 g Protein per serving
684kcal
73 gCarbs
15 gFat
3 gFibre
9 gProtein per 100 kcal
Ingredients for 2
  • 400 g Chicken breast
  • 4 pitas Pita bread
  • 150 g Greek yogurt, 0% fat
  • 100 g Cucumber
  • 60 g Lettuce
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 2 tsp Olive oil
  • 15 g Lemon juice
  • Cumin, paprika, salt, pepper
Method
  1. Cut the chicken into strips, toss with the spices, salt and half the oil.
  2. Fry over high heat for 6 to 8 minutes, until the edges catch.
  3. Grate the cucumber, squeeze the water out, and stir it into the yogurt with the crushed garlic, lemon juice and salt.
  4. Warm the pitas, then fill with lettuce, chicken and the sauce.
Swaps
  • Swap the chicken for 400 g firm tofu, pressed and fried hard.
  • Add a spoon of harissa to the yogurt for heat.

Nutrition is worked out from the raw ingredients using the USDA FoodData Central database, per serving, and rounded. Cooking changes weight but not the energy and protein in the pan.