Best Chicken Cucumber Pitas Recipes

CHICKEN CUCUMBER PITAS

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I wanted a good recipe for pitas. Seeing the large stack of garden-fresh cucumbers on my counter, I decided to improvise and create my own filling. It was a huge hit. -Sheena Wellard, Nampa, Idaho

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner Lunch

Time 25m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
1 large cucumber, quartered, seeded and sliced
1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped
1 small sweet red pepper, chopped
1/2 cup cubed cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped red onion
DRESSING:
1/2 cup ranch salad dressing
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Italian salad dressing
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
12 pita pocket halves

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the ranch dressing, mayonnaise, Italian dressing, garlic powder and pepper; pour over chicken mixture and toss to coat. Fill each pita half with a scant 1/2 cup chicken mixture.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 445 calories, Fat 22g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 49mg cholesterol, Sodium 747mg sodium, Carbohydrate 37g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 22g protein.

CHICKEN PITAS WITH CUCUMBER SAUCE

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Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1lb chicken breasts
ground pepper
olive oil
1 pkt lipton onion soup mix, dry
wheat pitas
1 container plain ff yogurt
1/2 cucumber
minced garlic, to your liking

Steps:

add cut up pieces of chicken breats with the onion soup packet and a little olive oil (enough to coat) in freezer bag and marinate in refrigerator for 1/2 hour or so. cucumber sauce add the yogurt and cut up pieces of cuc, garlic and pepper...mix well and refrigerate. saute the chicken that you had marinating. serve inside the pitas with the cucumber sauce. awesome recipe!