# Shirazi Chicken Pita

Shirazi Chicken Pita is a delicious chicken stuffed pita with cucumber, tomato, and herb salad, which is a typical salad in Iran and perfect for summer.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 Persian cucumber
- 4 Roma tomatoes
- 1 Small red onion
- 2 tablespoons Parsley
- 2 tablespoons Mint
- Lemon
- Sea salt
- Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- Chicken thighs
- Cardamom
- Cumin
- The Fit Cook herb seasoning
- 2 cloves Garlic
- Yogurt
- Lettuce
- Warm pita

## Instructions

1. Dice any kind of cucumber, preferably Persian, as it's sweeter.
2. Dice tomato, red onion, parsley, and fresh or dried mint.
3. Add some lemon, sea salt, pepper, and olive oil to the diced ingredients.
4. Mix all the diced ingredients together to make Shirazi salad.
5. Season chicken thighs with cardamom, cumin, The Fit Cook herb seasoning, sea salt, and pepper.
6. Cook the seasoned chicken thighs in a pan.
7. Mix minced garlic with yogurt for the pita sauce.
8. Stuff a warm pita with the garlic yogurt sauce.
9. Add lettuce to the pita.
10. Add the Shirazi salad to the pita.
11. Slice the cooked chicken.
12. Stuff the pita with the sliced chicken.

## Equipment

- Knife
- Bowl
- Pan
- Mortar
- Spoon
- Tongs

## Tips

- Plant-based dieters can swap chicken with chickpeas.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfWtnxqvdP5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8937665c-360d-48ca-8866-ab0f91095e18
- Extracted: 2025-08-17

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