My Lime Green Kitchen

These sandwiches were easy (despite the recipe looking a little difficult) and so good!  Very different from what we usually eat.  My dad, who doesn’t usually like anything out of the ordinary, loved these.

Ingredients:

4 pita pockets (I made my own but you can surely buy them already made)
1 pound ground chicken (see note)
1 large egg
1/2 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. crumbled feta cheese
2/3 c. fresh mint leaves, chopped (divided)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 T. butter
6 oz. plain yogurt
spinach leaves or shredded lettuce
tomatoes, chopped
avocado, sliced

Notes:

1. I ground chicken breasts in my food processor.  It took 2 good size breast halves to make one pound. It’s real easy if you have any size food processor.  I’ve used my big Cuisinart at home but used mom’s mini Cuisinart at her house and loved it too.
2. Mix the mint with the yogurt ahead of time and refrigerate to allow flavors to blend.

Directions:

In a large bowl, mix ground chicken, bread crumbs, feta cheese, egg, 1/3 c. mint leaves, salt and pepper.

By the way, thanks Smokey for that beautiful green egg!    I mixed all this up early and stuck it in the fridge til time to make the patties.

Mix with hands til combined.  Shape into 8 patties.  Melt butter in non-stick skillet.  Add patties and cook on both sides til brown and chicken is done.  These were kinda sticky and didn’t want to shape into patties so I more or less dropped a blob in the pot and then mashed it out with the spatula.

It was real hard not to eat these as I was frying them.

In a small bowl, combine yogurt and remaining mint.

Stuff 2 patties in each pocket.  Add lettuce, tomato and avocado.  Drizzle mint yogurt over the “stuffing” inside the pocket.