BBQ Chicken Pitas

OhThereYouAre · 11-06-2009, 07:31 AM

These are awesome.

These are also slightly complicated as they require a couple of different prepared foods to be made.

I make BBQ chicken legs, and cut the meat off the bone, and for the garnish I make a Northern Indian type salad. You don't have to make the salad for your garnish, but it tastes amazing with it.

For chicken:

Skinned chicken legs
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Your favorite BBQ Sauce
White flour pitas...i use old world...they taste amazing and are 100 cals each.

Procedure:

Skin chicken legs and set in a container. Sprinkly liberally with spices and set aside. It should look like this:

Northern Indian Salad

You'll need:

Half a cucumber skinned
Whole white onion
Whole vine ripened tomato
1 cup of cilantro
1 Lime
Salt
Pepper
Vinegar
Rock Salt
Chaat Masala - a spice that can be bought at *any* east indian grocery

Procedure:

Cut cucumber into thin slivers. Cut onions into slivers as well. Cut thin slices of tomato. Chop cilantro into fine pieces.
Add onions to bottom of a container. Sprinkle with all listed spices. Add cucumbers on top, sprinkle with all spices. Add tomatoes on top of cucumbers, sprinkle with all spices. Add cilantro. Squeeze the juice from the lime on top. Add about 3/4 cup of vinegar. Cover and shake vigorously. Set in freezer for 15 mins. Take it out and shake it...add more spices if needed. I usually add more salt. Put back in freezer for another 15 mins. Take it out and shake....it should be done....then set aside in fridge. It should look like this:

Grill your chicken legs. When chicken is done coooking after about 15-20 mins, put in a container or aluminum foil and add barbecue sauce. Let sit for about 5 minutes in foil or sealed container. It will continue to cook and reabsorb some moisture.

Heat your pita until soft. Cut chicken off the bone. Combine chicken, salad and whatever garnish you would like to pita. I use a bit of miracle whip or ranch dressing, add the chicken, then the salad, then lettuce and cheddar cheese then mustard. You are free to garnish as you please.

Mine looked like this. Cheers:

**WildChild** · 11-06-2009, 08:43 AM

Looks wonderful.
You could bake the chicken as well. Probably a more traditional way to prepare the salad would be to chop or dice the veggies, then they go into the pita pocket more easily.

yangyang · 11-06-2009, 09:11 AM

looks delicious

OhThereYouAre · 11-06-2009, 12:20 PM

LOL - if you look closely I took a bite out of the first one before taking the picture.

I just noticed that LOL!

11-06-2009, 07:31 AM	#1
OhThereYouAre Banned from WH Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,503	BBQ Chicken Pitas These are awesome. These are also slightly complicated as they require a couple of different prepared foods to be made. I make BBQ chicken legs, and cut the meat off the bone, and for the garnish I make a Northern Indian type salad. You don't have to make the salad for your garnish, but it tastes amazing with it. For chicken: Skinned chicken legs Salt Pepper Garlic Powder Your favorite BBQ Sauce White flour pitas...i use old world...they taste amazing and are 100 cals each. Procedure: Skin chicken legs and set in a container. Sprinkly liberally with spices and set aside. It should look like this: Northern Indian Salad You'll need: Half a cucumber skinned Whole white onion Whole vine ripened tomato 1 cup of cilantro 1 Lime Salt Pepper Vinegar Rock Salt Chaat Masala - a spice that can be bought at any east indian grocery Procedure: Cut cucumber into thin slivers. Cut onions into slivers as well. Cut thin slices of tomato. Chop cilantro into fine pieces. Add onions to bottom of a container. Sprinkle with all listed spices. Add cucumbers on top, sprinkle with all spices. Add tomatoes on top of cucumbers, sprinkle with all spices. Add cilantro. Squeeze the juice from the lime on top. Add about 3/4 cup of vinegar. Cover and shake vigorously. Set in freezer for 15 mins. Take it out and shake it...add more spices if needed. I usually add more salt. Put back in freezer for another 15 mins. Take it out and shake....it should be done....then set aside in fridge. It should look like this: Grill your chicken legs. When chicken is done coooking after about 15-20 mins, put in a container or aluminum foil and add barbecue sauce. Let sit for about 5 minutes in foil or sealed container. It will continue to cook and reabsorb some moisture. Heat your pita until soft. Cut chicken off the bone. Combine chicken, salad and whatever garnish you would like to pita. I use a bit of miracle whip or ranch dressing, add the chicken, then the salad, then lettuce and cheddar cheese then mustard. You are free to garnish as you please. Mine looked like this. Cheers:

11-06-2009, 08:43 AM	#2
WildChild WH Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Western USA Posts: 8,586 Blog Entries: 6	Looks wonderful. You could bake the chicken as well. Probably a more traditional way to prepare the salad would be to chop or dice the veggies, then they go into the pita pocket more easily. __________________ We can only learn to love by loving. Iris Mudoch, British writer

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yangyang Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: fujian Posts: 3	looks delicious

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OhThereYouAre Banned from WH Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,503	LOL - if you look closely I took a bite out of the first one before taking the picture. I just noticed that LOL!