Chicken Pitta Pockets

Yesterday was yet another spice day. Chicken breasts were defrosted and a marinade had to be created.  I sliced the chicken breasts into strips and mixed it into the following:

2tbsps olive oil
Half tsp each of chilli powder, paprika, sriracha sauce and dried parsley
A finely chopped shallot
Big pinch of ground coriander
Finely sliced fresh chilli


Give it all a good stir before you add the chicken to it.

We got these chillies in Aldi on Saturday. Don't they look funky? The big red one is allegedly a habanero but it tasted like a mix between a red bell pepper and a tomato. So then I cut the black one to taste it and it was extremely mild too. Now when I say 'to taste it', I mean that I cut some and gave it to Mr. Chops to taste, I aint that brave!! So seeds and all went into the marinade. If you're the kind of person who likes colours, you'll get a kick out of seeing a black chilli in the mix.

This is what the mix looked like with the raw chicken added.

I made Sriracha mayo sauce, label under Chilli Mayonaisse. I also stir-fried some slices of red & yellow peppers and red onion to stuff into the pockets.

Let's be honest with each other ok? I forgot to take pictures of the cooked meal cos I was so hungry and well my brain is totally controlled by my stomach at times. Ok not at times, at all times! It was a very tasty dinner and exceptionally healthy too and that is always a good thing.

Spicy Chicken With Pictures

I bet you didn't know you were waiting for the pictures but you were. It was a weekend repeat mid-week if ya get me. Mr. Chops was watching football and I was being bold watching Lost online. Yup, there's some mighty kind peeps out there keep me a day ahead of everyone else in Ireland!!!!! Anyway, himself did the chicken again as we liked it so much last time. So look for the recipe and these be the photos:   The marinated chicken, mmmm.

All the ingredients - except for the flatbreads 

The chicken a-frying

The veg a-frying

Chicken and veg together at last

The Final Product on the Flatbread

So there you are, the pix to match the weekend's dish. Possibly tasted a bit better at the weekend but I put that down to having longer to marinade the chicken. Still, it was pretty delicious!! Oh by the way this is Exceptionally Healthy, and I put that in capitals for a reason!!!!!!!

Mr Chops' Spicy Chicken with Flatbread

Mr. Chops took over the cooking reins last night. The seeds of this dinner began with the find of the month in Aldi - Mediterranean flat breads. These breads make a delicious alternative to pitta breads and all they need is 40 0r 50 seconds in a warm oven. Anyway it was chicken breast for dinner and Mr. Chops decided that a little marination was in order. The following is his recipe:

Spicy Chicken and Veg - serves 2
2 Chicken breasts
Marinade made with some paprika, chilli powder, little bit of cumin, little bit of cayenne pepper, turmeric, chopped garlic and ginger, plenty of salt & pepper and a couple tbsp olive oil.

Mix the chicken with the marinade and give it all a good mix and let it sit in the fridge for around 4 hours.

In the meantime, slice a half each of an orange and yellow pepper and slice a red onion. Chop up a few leaves of iceberg lettuce finely and mix with a finely sliced small shallot as your garnish.

Chilli Mayonnaise
Mix a couple of tablespoons of mayo with crushed garlic, a little salt and a dollop of Sriracha sauce* and a dribble of Frank's Hot sauce. Just mix it all up and there you have it.

Method
Stir fry the chicken for approx 6 mins. Then remove it from the pan and stir fry the veg for a minute or two and add the chicken back in at the end. In the meantime, reheat the flatbread in the oven then assemble. Flatbread on the plate, smear on the chilli mayo, then the lettuce & shallot mix and top with the spicy chicken and veg and eat. No photo was too hungry to take the time.

*Sriracha sauce can be found at any Asian foodstore and is a really hot and spicy chilli sauce so if you like it very hot add more.