Peanut Chicken Pitas

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Keep these speedy sandwiches successful caput for schoolhouse lunches successful the fall.

You'll person dressing near over, which tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 week.

Ingredients

For the dressing

1/2 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cupful balsamic vinegar
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons chromatic oregon airy brownish sugar
2 tablespoons peeled, minced ginger root
1 spoon toasted sesame oil
2 tablespoons water

For the pitas

1 romaine lettuce heart, trimmed and chopped
1 1/4 cups chopped, cooked chickenhearted bosom (skinless)
3/4 cupful caller snowfall peas, stringed
1/4 cupful shredded carrot
1/2 cupful roasted, lightly salted peanuts, chopped
8 mini whole-wheat pita rounds, each chopped successful half

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using fractional the dressing)

Calories
500
Fat
28 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Carbohydrates
39 g
Sodium
400 mg
Cholesterol
35 mg
Protein
26 g
Fiber
8 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Southern Living's Slim Down South Cookbook: Eating Well and Living Healthy successful the Land of Biscuits and Bacon," by Carolyn O'Neil (Oxmoor House, 2014); the dressing look is adapted from an Epicurious.com recipe.

Tested by Richard Kerr.

Published July 22, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026