Greek Chicken Stuffed Pitas!! The easiest lunch or dinner you'll make this week!
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Why I Love This Recipe
If you haven't taken a gander at the condiments section of this website you're missing out. There's dips / sauces / spreads and everything you could possibly want in your life including the best homemade tzatziki recipe of all times. It's my mission in life to slather that sauce on just about everything like todays Greek Chicken Stuffed Pitas!
Here's the run down. Buy a rotisserie chicken from the store or make your own. You can make a whole roasted chicken and plan a few meals around them. Choose between the chicken from the greek chicken salad, lemon spatchcock chicken, or my Greek meatballs. You can also do a build your own style set up at a BBQ with chicken skewers. You really can't go wrong! You can also buy from the store. I buy them store bought all the time - Whole Foods has these delish lemon rosemary roasted chickens that literally save my life on a weekly basis (and side note - if you need some ideas on how to jazz up a store bought rotisserie chicken- try out my epic chicken torta recipe next!)
Remove the chicken breasts, shred them up and then toss them with the homemade tzatziki. Stuff the chicken mixture, avocado, feta, red onions and cucumbers in a pita pocket and you're on your way to a delicious and easy meal that took almost no time to throw together.
Ingredients & Substitutions
For the Tzatziki
- Plain Non-fat Greek Yogurt
- English Cucumber
- Lemon
- Garlic
- Fresh Dill
- Kosher Salt
- Black Pepper
For the Stuffed Pita
- Rotisserie Chicken
- Tzatziki Sauce
- Red Onion
- Hass Avocado
- Whole Wheat Pitas
- Kosher Salt
- Black Pepper
*For a full list of ingredients and instructions please see recipe card below.
How to Make Greek Chicken Stuffed Pitas
Step 1: Combine everything into a large bowl except the lemon juice.
Step 2: Add half of the lemon juice and taste. Add more lemon juice if desired and season with salt and pepper as needed.
Step 3: Place the pita bread in a toaster, toaster oven or oven and toast for a few minutes until just slightly toasty. Remove and set aside.
Step 4: Combine the cooked chicken, tzatziki sauce and red onion in a large bowl and toss to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.
Step 5: Divide the mixture into 4 equal parts and stuff each into a pita pocket and top with avocado slices.
How to Store Greek Chicken Stuffed Pitas
I recommend assembling these fresh when its time to eat. However, this is a great dish for weekly meal prep or quick weekday lunches. You can have pitas, rotisserie chicken, tzatziki, avocados and onions all on hand and ready to go and just warm the pitas and chicken as needed and assemble these super quick.
How to Freeze Greek Chicken Stuffed Pitas
You can store some of the components of this recipe if you have leftovers. You can store rotisserie chicken in the freezer for up to 3 months. You can also freeze leftover pitas in the freezer, but you may lose some of that good texture when its fresh.
Tips & Tricks
If you're watching your carbs you can certainly wrap these in lettuce instead of pita.
FAQs
Can I add hummus?
Absolutely! Here are a few of my favorite hummus recipes: hummus, green goddess hummus, roasted red pepper and artichoke hummus!
My tzatziki is too runny and that is making the pita too soggy. What could I do to avoid this?
Make sure you use greek yogurt for the tzatziki and do not allow the water in the yogurt into the tzatziki. Similarly dry your onions well, basically, minimizing excess water into the sauce is key.
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Greek Chicken Stuffed Pitas
Ingredients
For the Tzatziki
- 2 cups plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- ½ English cucumber peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 cloves garlic super finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
For the Stuffed Pita
- 2 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
- ½ cup tzatziki sauce
- ¼ red onion thinly sliced
- 1 ripe Hass avocado sliced
- 4 whole wheat pitas
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
For the Tzatziki
- Combine everything into a large bowl except the lemon juice. Add half of the lemon juice and taste. Add more lemon juice if desired and season with salt and pepper as needed.
For the Stuffed Pita
- Place the pita bread in a toaster, toaster oven or oven and toast for a few minutes until just slightly toasty. Remove and set aside.
- Combine the cooked chicken, tzatziki sauce and red onion in a large bowl and toss to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.
- Divide the mixture into 4 equal parts and stuff each into a pita pocket and top with avocado slices.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Marian Cooper Cairns / Recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking
Okay, I'm ready for lunch!
I haven't had a stuffed pita in so long!
I'm all about quick and delicious meals like this! I could probably eat on this for a week straight.
I feel ya on the writer's block, girl. More than half the time this weekend I would just stare at my wordpress blank entry. It sucks!! Have so much fun in Palm Springs - I'm so jealous all you cali folks have awesome places to go to 🙂 these Greek chicken stuffed pitas look AMAZING! i love how full they are stuffed!!
I just made something like this last week! It made me feel like it was summer again 🙂 Looks delicious!
Glad you had writer's block because these were the result. 😉 They look so good!
Looks delicious, fresh and filling! Perfect meal for warm weather - now I just need to find some sunshine somewhere... Thanks for the Tzatziki recipe. I can't wait to try that one at home!
Looks so freaking good. And no, if you don't like avocado, you are not human. Have a great time in PS!
I love pita sandwiches, and even though this is so simple, it has great flavor. Love it!
This makes me crave our trips to George's 😉 Lovely meal!
I love simple great sandwiches like this one--especially since I am a huge fan of everything Greek inspired!
Come to mama! Love Love Love this recipe Gaby! xoxo
This recipe is going in my back pocket. I'm so ready for summery food!
Those are some tasty looking pitas!
This looks like something I could eat just about every day. Love tzatziki, love avocado, love this!