How to Make Perfect Olive oil and vinegar chicken salad pitas

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Olive oil and vinegar chicken salad pitas. Upgrade dinner tonight with this easy Greek Salad Pita Pockets with Grilled Chicken recipe from Delish.com. Place chicken cutlets in a shallow baking dish. The chicken salad pictured here is made with a simple dressing of olive oil and vinegar — no fish sauce, no lime juice — but it very much resembles what I love about a Vietnamese chicken salad: big, plump pieces of chicken, lots of herbs, a nice bite in the dressing.

Olive oil and vinegar chicken salad pitas Drain off the marinade so that the chicken skin will I substituted red wine vinegar and olive oil because that's what I had on hand. Gently toss warm chicken and pita chips into bowl with vegetables. Taste salad and season with more vinegar and/or salt, as needed. You can have Olive oil and vinegar chicken salad pitas using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Olive oil and vinegar chicken salad pitas

  1. Prepare 2 of Boneless and Skinless Chicken Breasts.
  2. Prepare 1 of Marinated Roasted Red Pepper.
  3. It's 1 of Roma Tomato.
  4. Prepare 1/2 of English Cucumber.
  5. It's 1 of Avocado.
  6. You need 1/4 of Jalapeño Pepper.
  7. You need 1 of Dill Pickle.
  8. You need of Baby Spinach.
  9. It's 1 of Whole Wheat Pita Pocket.
  10. You need 1/2 of Lime.
  11. You need pinch of Dried Basil.
  12. It's pinch of Sea Salt.
  13. Prepare pinch of Coarse Black Pepper.
  14. You need 1 tsp of Balsamic Vinegar.
  15. You need of olive oil, extra virgin.

Chicken turns this Greek-inspired salad into a substantial main course. Feel free to substitute other I actually grilled chicken for the salad and loved it! I also toasted some whole-wheat pita bread with Good quality Kalamata olives whole not chopped. Top quality olive oil and balsamic or wine vinegar.

Olive oil and vinegar chicken salad pitas instructions

  1. Boil Chicken.
  2. Chop up roasted red peppers and a tomato, mix together in a bowl. Add a pinch each of basil, salt and pepper. Mix together..
  3. When chicken is boiled, allow to cool and then shred it into the mixture of tomato and roasted red pepper. Add extra virgin olive oil, a squeeze of lime, and a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar. Mix well..
  4. Cut a pita pocket in half. Fill with baby spinach, cucumbers, pickles, avocado and jalapeño peppers. Spoon in the chicken salad mixture. Make sure to put toppings in first before the mixture to help prevent the pita from falling apart..
  5. Serve and enjoy.

Make chicken salad Mediterranean wtih the addition of Greek yogurt, green olives, and chickpeas, and serve in pita bread halves. Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Cindy Barr. Instead of olive oil use… Walnut or hazelnut oil - Nut oils are expensive, but I keep them in my fridge and they last a very long time. Tahini - Tahini, that blend of sesame and olive oil, is a great base for a salad dressing. Nestle pita triangles beside salad in container.