Name: Greek Chicken Pitas with Cucumber Dill Yogurt Dressing at Home
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 pitas
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 2 cups plain greek yogurt; 1 cup cucumber (diced small); 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh dill (chopped); 1 clove garlic (minced); 1 tablespoon lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 1 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt; [greek dressing]; 4 whole boneless skinless chicken breast halves; 4 whole pocketless pita breads (warmed); 2 cups romaine lettuce (thinly sliced); 1 whole roma tomato (diced (seeds removed and discarded)); 1/4 cup red onion (thinly sliced); 1/4 cup kalamata olives (pitted and halved); 1/4 cup feta cheese (crumbled)

Did you know nine times out of 10 salad dressings can be marinades?

It’s true! And I happen to know of a certain Greek dressing that makes an excellent marinade for Greek Chicken Pitas, open face style.

Now. I have important questions to ask you. Do you love feta? What about olives? How about cucumber and dill yogurt dressing? You do! Good because today’s post has all that plus grilled chicken that was flash-marinated in from-scratch Greek dressing on top of a fluffy (not-so-from-scratch) pita with toppings galore!

To make the Greek Chicken Pitas set out:

for the dressing:

plain greek yogurt
cucumber
fresh dill
garlic
lemon juice
white wine vinegar
kosher salt

for the pitas:

greek dressing
boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
pita bread
romaine lettuce
roma tomato
red onion
kalamata olives
feta cheese

Mince up 1 to 2 tablespoon fresh dill.

Throw the dill in with 2 cups plain greek yogurt and 1 cup finely diced cucumber.

Press in 1 clove of garlic.

And squeeze in 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice.

Lastly add 1 tablespoon of white wine vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt.

Stir, cover and pop it into the fridge until you’re ready to serve it up.

Whenever I’m grilling I slice my chicken breasts in half so they cook in half the time. Add 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves into a resealable bag.

Pour the greek dressing over top. Because of the lemon juice in the dressing, you’ll only want to let them marinate for 15-20 minutes, or else the acid in the lemon juice will start break down the chicken.

Heat up your grill pan over medium to medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade (discard the remaining marinade) and grill each side for about 4 minutes or until no longer pink and fully cooked.

Let them rest before slicing them into strips.

The sky’s the limit when it comes to toppings. These are pretty standard but if I had pepperocini’s I’d of add those spicy babes as well.

Top with lettuce, tomato, olives, red onion, the cucumber dill dressing and crumbled feta! Unhinge your jaw and inhale the pita!