Thursday, October 20, 2011

WOO HOO NEW RECIPE!

I love greek food, I could eat gyros every day and we buy hummus by the gallon. This is a great low cal, easy week night meal for us. It takes about 20 minutes to make from start to finish. We use the low carb, whole wheat tortillas instead of pitas and it makes a easy switch to cut calories (plus its a pain in the butt to find whole wheat pitas)

Ingredients

  • Chicken:
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 teaspoons extravirgin olive oil
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 16 (3-inch) strips
  • Sauce:
  • 1/2 cup plain 2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt (such as Fage)
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Remaining ingredients:
  • Cooking spray
  • 4 (6-inch) pitas
  • 1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
  • 8 (1/4-inch-thick) tomato slices

Preparation

  • 1. Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
  • 2. To prepare chicken, combine first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl. Add chicken to bowl; toss well to coat. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes.
  • 3. To prepare sauce, combine yogurt and next 4 ingredients (through 1 garlic clove), stirring with a whisk.
  • 4. Thread 2 chicken strips onto each of 8 (12-inch) skewers. Place kebabs on a grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 4 minutes on each side or until done.
  • 5. Place pitas on grill rack; grill 1 minute on each side or until lightly toasted. Place 1 pita on each of 4 plates; top each serving with 1/4 cup lettuce and 2 tomato slices. Top each serving with 4 chicken pieces; drizzle each serving with 2 tablespoons sauce.

Amount per serving (yields 4 servings)
  • Calories: 384
  • Calories from fat: 23%
  • Fat: 9.8g
  • Saturated fat: 2.1g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 4.1g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 2.7g
  • Protein: 34.4g
  • Carbohydrate: 40g
  • Fiber: 2.5g
  • Cholesterol: 64mg
  • Iron: 4.3mg
  • Sodium: 821mg

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, that sounds delish and I just had dinner so I'm not even hungry!
I will have to try it at work since your Dad is not into Greek.
I am so glad to see you are blogging again, you are very entertaining and I have read many food blogs so I am not just saying that 'cause I am your mom! You get that from me you know, HAHA!
Seriously, you should consider working for the newspaper, they could use someone like you to perk things up in the food section!---MOM

Lindsay said...

I am so making this...yum!