15-Minute Southern Chicken Pitas with Salsa Roja

Ready in 15 minutes • Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Choice (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, February 6, 2022.

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Here's a dish that's ready to eat in just 15 minutes. Simply cook the chicken, warm the pita bread and chop some vege. Putting it all together is as effortless as it sounds. Before you know it, dinner is done!

Ingredients

Chicken

125g lite sour cream
250g frozen corn
1 pack Southern spices
1 drizzle of oil
600g diced free range chicken breast
1 pinch of chilli flakes, optional

Pitas

1/2 pack garlic pita breads

To Serve

1 lettuce, roughly chopped
2 tomato, diced
1 bunch coriander, leaves picked
100g salsa roja

Steps

Heat oil in a large fry-pan on high heat. Add chicken, Southern spices and chilli flakes (if using). Cook chicken, stirring frequently, for about 6 minutes. Add corn and cook for a further 3-4 minutes or until chicken is cooked through (see tip). Remove from heat and stir through sour cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
While chicken is cooking, shred lettuce, dice tomato and pick coriander leaves.
Cut pitas in half and heat in microwave for 2-3 minutes, until warmed through. Alternatively, toast pitas in the toaster.
Pitas filled with chicken, lettuce, tomato, coriander and salsa roja.

Nutritional Information

Energy	2487 kj 594 kcal
Protein	46.2g
Carbohydrate	54.1g
Fat	20.5g