Curried Chicken on Pita

Name: Curried Chicken on Pita
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 medium cucumber-peeled, halved, seeded and cut into thin crescents; 2 teaspoons curry powder; 2 teaspoons garam masala; 4 garlic cloves, very finely chopped; 2 jalapeños, seeded and thinly sliced; 296 milliliters plain low-fat yogurt; 1 large red onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise; 4 romaine lettuce leaves; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 454 grams skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut crosswise into 1/3-inch strips; 1 large tomato, cut into thin wedges; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 4 8-inchs 8-inch whole wheat pita breads

Curried Chicken on Pita might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 30g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 255 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up jalapeños, vegetable oil, onion, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the low fat plain yogurt you could follow this main course with the Yogurt Molasses Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 40

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Oven

In a medium bowl, mix 1 tablespoon of the yogurt with the garlic, garam masala and curry powder.

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Curry Powder

Garam Masala

Garlic

Yogurt

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Bowl

Add the chicken strips and stir until they are thoroughly coated with the yogurt-spice mixture.

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Chicken Tenders

Yogurt

In a large nonstick skillet, heat the vegetable oil.

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Vegetable Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the sliced jalapeos, red onion and coated chicken strips, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until the chicken strips are just white throughout, about 5 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Tenders

Red Onion

Remove the skillet from the heat and let stand for 1 minute to let the chicken, jalapeos and red onion cool slightly. Fold the remaining 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons of yogurt into the chicken, jalapeos and red onion until well combined.

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Red Onion

Whole Chicken

Yogurt

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Frying Pan

Heat the pita breads in the oven, about 30 seconds. Set the pitas on plates and top each one with a lettuce leaf, tomato wedges and cucumber slices. Spoon the chicken in yogurt sauce on top and serve right away.

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Lettuce Leaf