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Greek Grilled Chicken Pitas

These tasty sandwiches start with grilled chicken. Balsamic vinaigrette is the only ingredient in the marinade for the chicken. While the chicken is marinating, the sandwich sauce is made with Greek yogurt, cucumber, red onion, parsley, lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper. After the chicken is grilled, it is sliced and served with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions and the yogurt sauce on pita or gyro bread.
Course Entree
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Marinating Time 4 hours
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • ½ cup balsamic vinaigrette
  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Cucumber sauce

  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • ½ cup finely diced cucumber
  • ¼ cup finely chopped red onion
  • 1 tbsp minced fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp pepper

Pitas

  • 8 pita pockets
  • ½ cup sliced cucumber
  • ½ cup grape tomatoes sliced
  • ½ cup sliced red onion
  • ½ cup crumbled feta cheese

Instructions

  1. Pour the vinaigrette into a plastic bag. Add the chicken and turn to coat. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
  2. In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients; chill until serving.
  3. Drain and discard marinade. Moisten paper towel with cooking oil, using tongs rub oil on grill rack to lightly coat. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 inches from heat 4-7 minutes until thermometer reads 165 F.
  4. Cut chicken into strips. Fill each pita half with chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, onion and cheese; drizzle with sauce.

Recipe Notes

I add 1 ½ tsp fresh chopped dill to the sauce. Also I use gyro bread; it is next to the pita bread at my grocery store.