How To Make Spicy Pita Chicken
This spicy pita chicken is a crowd-pleasing meal of chewy pita rounds filled with blended chicken, savory salsa, and gooey cheddar cheese!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupchicken,cooked, chopped
- 8ozcheddar cheese
- ½cupsalsa
- 1cupmayonnaise
- 1garlic clove
- ½cuponion,diced
- ¼tspsalt
- 5pita rounds
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
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Put the chicken, cheddar cheese, salsa, mayonnaise, garlic, onion, and salt into the food processor and purée for about 30 seconds or until an orange paste is reached.
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Spread ¼ cup of this paste evenly over the bumpy side of each pita half.
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Arrange the rounds on the baking sheets, and bake for 7 to 9 minutes, or until the pita is crispy and the filling is slightly puffy. Turn off the oven and use the oven mitts to remove the baking sheets.
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Pour the remaining marinade into the skillet and scrape the crispy brown bits from the bottom. Let the sauce bubble for 1 or 2 minutes until thickened.
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Pour the sauce over the fillings and turn off the stove. Fold the sandwiches in half.
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Let the pitas cool a bit before cutting into wedges and serving. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 187.28kcal
- Fat: 14.21g
- Saturated Fat: 3.90g
- Trans Fat: 0.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.68g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.90g
- Carbohydrates: 9.81g
- Fiber: 1.37g
- Sugar: 0.59g
- Protein: 5.75g
- Cholesterol: 21.32mg
- Sodium: 261.62mg
- Calcium: 82.86mg
- Potassium: 74.01mg
- Iron: 0.61mg
- Vitamin A: 34.25µg
- Vitamin C: 0.58mg
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