Best Chicken Tahini Salad With Pine Nuts On Mini Pita Rounds Recipes
CHICKEN TAHINI SALAD WITH PINE NUTS ON MINI PITA ROUNDS
If mini pita breads are unavailable in your area, split larger pita breads horizontally in half and cut out smaller pita rounds using a 3-inch-diameter biscuit cutter. You can streamline the process by preparing both the chicken salad and the toasted pita rounds one day in advance. Taken from professional-cooking.com for ZWT.
Provided by alligirl
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 25m
Yield 40 pita rounds, 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Brush cut side of pita bread rounds lightly with olive oil; arrange rounds on heavy large baking sheet.
- Bake until crisp and golden, about 6 minutes; cool pita rounds.
- Mince garlic in food processor.
- Add tahini, 1/2 cup lemon juice, and lemon peel; blend well.
- With machine running, gradually add 1/2 cup water, blending until mixture is smooth and thick.
- Mix in 1/2 cup chopped cilantro; season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
- Place chicken in large bowl.
- Mix in 1 1/2 cups sauce, 1/4 cup cilantro, and remaining lemon juice (reserve remaining sauce for another use).
- Season chicken salad to taste with salt and pepper.
- Can be made 1 day ahead. Store pita rounds in an airtight container at room temperature. Cover chicken salad and refrigerate.
- To serve:.
- Spoon generous 1 tablespoon chicken salad atop each pita round.
- Arrange on platter. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Sprinkle with pine nuts and remaining 1/4 cup cilantro and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 305.2, Fat 10.7, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 21, Sodium 352.2, Carbohydrate 37.7, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 1.1, Protein 15.1
SHAWARMA-SPICED CHICKEN PITA WITH TAHINI-YOGURT SAUCE
Traditional shawarma calls for roasting meat on a large vertical spit. We mimic the effect here by roasting at a high temperature, which yields chicken that is crisp on the outside yet moist and juicy on the inside.
Provided by Rhoda Boone
Categories 22-Minute Meals Dinner Chicken Yogurt Cucumber Tomato Roast Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Combine cumin, coriander, paprika, cayenne, cinnamon, 2 Tbsp. oil, 3/4 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thigh registers 165°F, 12-15 minutes; wrap pitas in foil and warm in oven during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
- Meanwhile, mix yogurt, tahini, garlic, lemon zest, 2 Tbsp. lemon juice, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper in a medium bowl until incorporated. Fold in 2 Tbsp. dill and 2 Tbsp. mint.
- Toss cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, remaining 2 Tbsp. lemon juice, 2 Tbsp. oil, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper in another medium bowl.
- Thinly slice chicken. Place 1 warmed pita on each plate and top evenly with chicken and tomato-cucumber salad. Drizzle each pita with 2 Tbsp. tahini-yogurt sauce; top with dill and mint. Serve remaining tahini-yogurt sauce alongside.
- Do Ahead
- Tahini-yogurt sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
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