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Title: Curried Chicken Pitas
Categories: Sandwiches
Yield: 8 Servings

1 lb Skinned boned chicken breast
1 c Shelled green peas
1 c Seedless red grapes, halved
1/2 c Plain low-fat yogurt
1/2 c Low-fat sour cream
1 ts Curry powder
2 ts Lemon juice
8 Curly leaf lettuce leaves
4 Pita bread rounds, (6-inch)
-cut in half

Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan; add chicken. Reduce heat,
and simmer, uncovered, 13 minutes. Add peas; cover and simmer an additional
7 minutes or until the peas are crisp-tender.

Drain and coarsely chop chicken.

Combine chicken, peas, and grapes in a bowl.

Combine yogurt, sour cream, curry powder, and lemon juice; stir well.

Pour over chicken mixture; toss gently. Cover and chill, if desired.

Spoon 1/2 cup chicken salad into each lettuce-lined pita half. Yield: 8
servings.

Per serving: 176 Calories; 2g Fat (8% calories from fat); 15g Protein; 24g
Carbohydrate; 28mg Cholesterol; 206mg Sodium

Recipe by: Cooking Light, April 1995, page 116

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #411 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.