Spicy Chicken Shawarma [Bulkbites.com]

• Servings: 1
• Time: 30 minutes

Spice up your meal time with this Middle Eastern delicacy; here chicken breast is tossed and cooked in Greek yogurt and hot spices up to perfection, then sliced and stuffed in pita bread with cucumber, tomato and onion. This handy pita sandwich is loaded with protein, complex carbohydrate and fiber. The recipe is perfect to take out, when you want to enjoy home cooked food on the go.

Nutrition

• calories: 480
• protein: 43
• carbs: 53
• fat: 13
• saturated fat: 1.25
• polyunsaturated fat: 2.88
• monounsaturated fat: 2.85
• cholesterol: 1
• sodium: 506
• potassium: 475
• dietary fiber: 9.19
• sugars: 3.84
• vitamin a: 64
• vitamin c: 13
• calcium: 105
• iron: 5
• magnesium: 0
• complex carbs: 39.97
• other fats: 6.02

Ingredients

• 1 fillet Chicken breast, low fat
• 15 gram Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat
• 1 tsp Spices, garlic powder
• 1 tbsp Spices, ginger, ground
• 1 tbsp Ground cumin
• 1 tsp Spices, coriander seed
• 1 tbsp Parsley, fresh
• 0.5 tbsp Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type)
• 1 dash Salt, table
• 1 tsp Spices, chili powder
• 6 gram Lemon juice, raw
• 1 gram Oil, olive, salad or cooking
• 1 pita, large Bread, pita, whole-wheat
• 1 cherry Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
• 1 slice, large Onions, raw
• 1 slice Cucumber, peeled, raw

Instructions

• Cut the chicken in small pieces.
• Take a large bowl and combine 1 tablespoon Greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, red chili powder, ginger, cumin, coriander, salt and garlic powder. Give a nice stir to mix all the spices.
• Marinade the chicken pieces in the spice mix and coat well. Let it stand for 30 minutes.
• Heat oil to a non stick pan and cook chicken over medium heat. Cook for about 5-6 minutes while stirring frequently.
• Meanwhile mix remaining Greek yogurt, lemon juice and garlic powder in a bowl.
• Spread this mixture inside to the pita half and fill it with cooked chicken, cucumber, tomato and onion slices.
• Prepare the other half of the pita bread in the same manner.
• Serve warm.