Chicken, Mango and Blue Cheese Pitas
Recipe by Marcia Stanley, MS, RDN, culinary dietitian, on behalf of Milk Means More
Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon orange juice or lime juice
- Filling:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast halves cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 tablespoon Cajun or Creole seasoning
- 1 large fresh mango seeded, peeled and chopped
- 3 large whole-wheat pita rounds or 6 small, halved
- 1 1/2 cups spring greens
- 3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese 3 ounces
Instructions
- To make sauce: In small bowl, stir yogurt, honey and juice. Cover and refrigerate.
- To make filling: In large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Cook and stir chicken with seasoning in hot oil 4-6 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink in center. Remove from heat. Stir in mango.
- Fill pita pockets with greens, chicken mixture and blue cheese. Spoon yogurt sauce on top.