CHICKEN MINI PITA
Ingredients:
Marination of chicken--
Chicken--1kg
Ginger garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Crushed black pepper: 1 tablespoon
lemon: 1
For Sriracha-mayo sauce--
Mayonnaise: 1 cup
Sriracha sauce: 3 tablespoons
Ketchup: 4 tablespoons
For pita dough--
warm water: 250ml and 130ml
Sugar: 1 teaspoon
Yeast: 7g
Flour: 4 cups
Salt: 2 teaspoons
Oil: 3 tablespoons
For salad
Chopped capsicum
Instructions:
Cut your chicken breasts into small bite-size pieces and marinate it with the listed spices. Squeeze out a lemon's juice for flavour. Mix it all well and cover it with a plastic wrapper to refrigerate for 30minutes.
Put oil into a heated pan and cook your chicken on medium heat for 25-30minutes.
Once your chicken is ready, let it cool while you prepare the sauce. Add your prepared sauce into your cooked chicken and mix well.
Prepare your pita dough now. Add 1 cup(250ml) of warm water and salt. After adding in the yeast wait for 5-10minutes, if foam or bubbles are formed the yeast ia alove6and active. Continue making the dough by adding 130ml of warm water, flour and sugar. Roughly mix it with 2 tablespoons of oil. Then knead it well for 5-10 minutes, add in 1 tablespoon of oil over it (don't mix) and cover the dough and set aside to let it rest and rise.
After the dough has rose, flatten it out and poke it allover using a fork, to allow the air to escape. Use a cup or cookie cutter, to cut out small circular shapes.
Heat and greese a skillet on medium high heat and proceed to cook the pita bread. After cooking keep them covered in a damp paper towel to keep it moist, warm and soft.
Take your pita bread and use a spoon to give a taco-like shape. Fill in with some finely chopped capsicums, then add in your chicken.
The dish is ready to be served.
Marinated Chicken (per 100g): Approximately 165-175 calories
Sriracha-Mayo Sauce (per 1 tablespoon): Approximately 60-70 calories
Pita Bread (per 1 small piece, assuming 4 servings per cup of flour): Approximately 70-80 calories
Chopped Capsicum (per 1/2 cup): Approximately 10-15 calories
Please note that these calorie counts are approximate and can vary based on factors like the specific brands of ingredients you use and any variations in portion sizes. To get the most accurate calorie count for your dish, it's advisable to use a nutrition calculator or consult the nutrition labels on your ingredient packaging.