Greek Chicken Taco

*serves 4-5

What you need:

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 6-8 whole-wheat pitas
  • 3 cups quinoa (cook as instructed inbox)
  • 4 Persian cucumbers
  • a handful of mint, basil, and parsley
  • Lemon juice
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt + pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 shallot finely chopped
  • Cherry tomatoes (a whole small box)

For the yogurt sauce:

  • A full container of Greek yogurt
  • 3 Tbsp of chopped parsley
  • The zest of one lemon and it’s juice
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • Salt + pepper to taste

Mix all together and reserve half of the yogurt for our pita tacos.

What to do:

  1. With half of the yogurt sauce, marinate chicken for a minimum of one hour in the fridge.
  2. Add garlic powder, parsley, mint, and basil to the remaining yogurt and mix well. set aside.
  3. In a bowl mix cooked quinoa, cucumbers, shallots, mint, parsley, basil, tomatoes, lemon juice, a dash of olive oil, and salt and pepper.
  4. Heat up a pan and cook chicken until well done.
  5. Warm up the pita bread and assemble.
  6. Slather yogurt on top of the pita, then add chicken.
  7. Finish topping it with quinoa salad.
  8. Enjoy!

 

 

 

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