Lamb or Chicken Pita Pockets
Posted by Chammer
Here is a great recipe that’s super easy and Will and I love to eat. If you can’t find Greek yogurt (which I never can), take 1.5 times the amount of yogurt recipe calls for and put on a paper towel inside a sieve. Let the yogurt drain for 4 hours over a bowl to thickent the yogurt. This will help the consistency of the yogurt. I can never get the recipe to stay in patty form, so I just cook it like ground beef and we put it into the pitas like that.
Lamb or Chicken Pita Pockets
Recipe Courtesy Rachael Ray, www.foodnetwork.com
Ingredients
- Handful cilantro leaves
- Handful mint leaves
- Handful basil leaves
- 1 cup Greek style plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon cumin, a palm full
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon grill seasoning blend, 1 1/3 palm fulls (recommended: McCormick Montreal Seasoning)
- 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken or ground lamb
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
- 4 pita pockets
- 1 cup mango chutney
- 8 leaves tender lettuce
Directions
Place the herbs in a food processor and pulse grind them into a fine chop. In a bowl combine the herbs, yogurt, cumin and grill seasoning. Add the meat and mix to combine. Form into 4 large, very thin patties. Wash up and preheat a large nonstick skillet with a couple tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook patties 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Heat a small second skillet over high heat and blister the pitas on each side. Cut tops off the bread and fill pita pockets with patties, lettuce and chutney.
Looks good! I don’t shop for greek yogurt very often, but I always notice it in the organic aisle…even in Decrater! So maybe you can check there?
Comment by betsyjo — March 1, 2010 @ 8:57 pmI’ve looked, but maybe I’ve just missed it. It’s cheaper to do it the way I listed…
Comment by Chammer — March 1, 2010 @ 10:51 pm