Grilled Chicken Club Pitas Recipes

GREEK GRILLED CHICKEN PITAS

Steps:

• Marinate chicken in vinaigrette, covered, in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight. In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients; chill until serving., Drain and discard marinade. If grilling the chicken, lightly oil the grill rack. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat until a thermometer reads 170°, 4-7 minutes on each side., Cut chicken into strips. Fill each pita half with chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, onion and cheese; drizzle with sauce.

GRILLED CHICKEN PITAS

Steps:

• Combine 3 T lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic and 1 tsp of the oregano in a gallon Ziploc bag. Add the chicken, turn to coat.
• Allow the chicken breast to marinate for 30 minutes a room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Combine the tomatoes and feta cheese in a small glass dish. Add the remaining 2 tsp lemon juice, olive oil and the remaining 1 tsp oregano.
• Stir to combine and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• For the yogurt sauce, whisk together the yogurt, garlic, walnuts and olive oil. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Preheat a grill pan to medium heat and coat with cooking spray.
• Grill the chicken breasts and onion rings for 8-10 minutes, turning frequently. (Grill until chicken is no longer pink in the thickest portion of the breast.).
• Remove chicken and onion rings from pan and set aside to cool. Slice the chicken into thin pieces.
• To assemble the sandwiches, cut each pita in half and split.
• Place several slices of grilled chicken, 3-4 slivers of onion, 1 T of the tomato-feta mixture, lettuce, olives and 1-2 slices of bacon to each pita.
• Top with yogurt sauce and a wad of alfalfa sprouts. Add salt and pepper, to taste.

GRILLED CHICKEN PITAS

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels.
• Brush chicken breasts with lime juice, sprinkle with salt, pepper and crushed red pepper.
• Rub into surface and let sit 5 minutes.
• Place chicken on grill over medium coals.
• Grill 8 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink, turning once halfway through cooking time.
• While chicken is grilling, mix together mayonnaise and dried herbs.
• Remove chicken breasts from grill and thinly slice.
• Slit pitas and spread mayonnaise mixture on the inside.
• Fill each half with equal amounts of lettuce, tomato and sliced chicken.