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★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
Simple yet Flavorful
A ton of flavor without the effort! These chicken pitas are perfect for warm weather as they’re refreshing and light as well as quick and easy to make.
The chicken is flavorful with an herby garlic-lemon seasoning that gives it a bright and refreshing flavor. Paired with summertime vegetables like fresh tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, and crunchy red onion, it’s an easy recipe to enjoy outside.
This recipe uses bottled Greek dressing and store-bought Greek seasoning to save loads of time without skimping on flavor.
Assemble Your Own
This is a great recipe to use when hosting as all you need to do is cook the chicken and leave the toppings on the table for everyone to create their own pita. Also works wonders for family dinner with picky eaters. Let everyone build their own pita.
This chicken pita recipe is:
Easy to make: All you need to do is season and sauté the chicken and do a bit of prep work on the vegetables for this recipe to come together.
Versatile: These Greek chicken pitas can be made with rotisserie chicken for faster prep and topped with store-bought or homemade tzatziki sauce if desired.
Flavorful: The lemon and oregano seasoning is the perfect way to brighten up your day and the chicken is delicious the next day on something like a salad too.
★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
Here's everything you need with an option to make your own chicken seasoning, or use the shortcut — store bought Greek garlic-lemon seasoning.
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: Though chicken thighs can work here as well, the breasts give a thicker, tastier bite. Be sure to use a tenderizer before seasoning for more tender bites and to ensure chicken cooks evenly.
- Seasonings: You’ll need oregano, garlic powder, and salt from the spice cupboard if you want to make you own Greek seasoning. You'll also need lemon.
- Lemon zest: Fresh lemon zest add a brightness of flavor and tenderizes the chicken.
- Seasoning Shortcut: Grab this Greek lemon-garlic seasoning to get all of this flavor in one package.
- Pitas: Make sure to grab pitas that open. Warming them up can be a tasty comfort. Optional but just pop them in the microwave for a few seconds or add them to your hot skillet after cooking the chicken for 1 minute, flipping half way.
- Alternative to pitas: You can use pita wraps if you prefer a more taco-like experience.
- Oil: Used to sauté the chicken, so any oil will work.
- Vegetables: Cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onion should be diced small so that you enjoy the taste of them in every bite.
- Feta cheese: Make sure to drain the feta cheese well as you don’t want the water to get onto the pita.
- Olives: Kalamata or black olives add a deliciously savory taste to the pitas. Don't skip these!
★ How to Make this Recipe ★
Here's a look at how to cook the chicken and assemble the pitas:
- Season chicken.
- Sear chicken in pan.
- Cook chicken in oil then cover and let rest.
- Chop chicken and veggies.
- Assemble pitas with vegetables, feta, olives, and chicken.
- Drizzle with Greek dressing and/or tzatziki sauce and serve.
Optional: Spread hummus on insides of pita pockets!
★ Tips & FAQS ★
Variations
If you want to switch up the Greek chicken pitas, below are some tasty ideas.
- Protein: Change up the chicken for something like crispy tofu, cooked falafel, or pork tenderloin. You can easily use leftover steak bites here.
- Sauce: Adding on a drizzle of tzatziki sauce or more lemon juice can really pop the flavor of your pita.
- Seasonings: You can easily add in more seasonings or some new ones like a Greek seasoning.
Add Hummus
If you're a hummus-lover, then you can spread a layer of hummus on the insides of your pita pockets as a condiment of sorts. This adds flavor and moisture. Feel free to use any flavor hummus that sounds good to you!
If you have time to kill and want to make your own hummus. Guess what? It's actually pretty easy. Check out my homemade hummus recipe.
Invest in a meat thermometer. You want to cook the chicken until it reaches a temperature of 165ºF. Then, let it sit for 2-5 minutes so that the flavor infuses before slicing it into pieces.
A Greek pita is typically softer, thicker, and pocket-less, often used as a wrap for gyros. Regular pita, also known as Middle Eastern pita, is thinner and forms a pocket when baked, making it ideal for stuffing with fillings.
Cook and store chicken in an airtight container. Prep and store veggies and dressing and/or tzatziki sauce separately. Heat chicken or leave it cold. Assemble the pita pocket, top with sauce and enjoy.
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Greek Chicken Pita Pockets
Equipment
Ingredients
Seasoned Chicken
- 4 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
- 1 tablespoon Greek lemon-garlic seasoning
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Pitas
- 4 pita pockets
- ½ cup English cucumber sliced and quartered
- 2 cup roma tomatoes diced
- ½ cup red onion thinly sliced
- ½ cup feta cheese crumbles
- ¼ cup kalamata or black olives
- ¼ cup Greek dressing more or less to taste
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Instructions
- Season chicken. Pound chicken to an even thickness with a meat tenderizer then season both sides of the chicken breast with Greek seasoning blend.
- Cook chicken and prep veggies. In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add chicken and cook about 7-8 minutes each side or until internal temp reaches 165ºF. Transfer chicken to a cutting board and cover with foil. Let rest for 3-5 minutes then slice. While chicken is cooking, slice and prep veggies.
- Assemble pitas. Slice pita pockets in half and pry open to make a pocket. Fill pita pocket with chicken slices, cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta cheese and kalamata or black olives. Enjoy!
Notes
- Drizzle with lemon or Greek vinaigrette or tzatziki sauce if preferred.
- Hummus can be spread onto the inside of the pitas before stuffing if desired.
- I use store-bought to save time but you can make your own seasoning using this blend: 1 tablespoon oregano, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest, ½ teaspoon garlic powder and ½ teaspoon salt.
- Save time and start with rotisserie chicken meat. The lemon seasoned chicken works great with this recipe!
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