FOODIES

I found this recipe in the Men’s Fitness Magazine that I bought at the airport the other day. I decided to make it for dinner tonight. Even though I couldn’t find all of the ingredients, I still made it work and it tasted really good.

Ingredients (for the chicken)
3 tbsp Lemon Juice
Pinch of Salt
2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 tsp Ground All Spice
1 tbsp Ground Coriander
3 tbsp chopped fresh Cilantro Leaves
2 1/2 lbs Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
6 White Flatbreads
2 Large Handfuls Shredded Iceberg Lettuce

• Preheat your skillet to about medium high heat.
• Combine the lemon juice, salt, oil, spices and cilantro in a large bowl, stir until it’s all mixed together.
• Add the chicken and toss it to coat.
• Place the coated pieces in the skillet (uncovered) and cook the chicken until it is done, approximately 4 to 6 minutes per side.
• When the chicken is done, cut it into small bite size pieces.

While the chicken is cooking you can make the Yogurt Garlic Sauce.  You will need a blender in order to do this.

Ingredients (for the Sauce)
8 cloves of Garlic (or 4 tsp of chopped garlic)
2 tsp of Salt
3 tbsp of Lemon Juice
1/2 cup Sunflower Oil (This is hard to find)
3/4 cup Olive Oil
1/2 cup plain Yogurt (I got the plain Greek Yogurt)
2 tsp Sumac (a lemony spice used in Middle Eastern cooking, also hard to find)

• Combine the garlic, salt, and lemon juice in a blender.  Mix until smooth.
• While the blender is running, slowly add the oils in a thin stream starting with the olive oil.
• Continue until the mix thickens.  Warning: This will be messy. As you add the oils, it will start to splash.
• Fold the yogurt and sumac in a bowl.

After that is done make the Tomato Parsley Salad.

Ingredients (for the Salad)
3 handfuls fresh Italian Parsley, chopped
1 vine ripened tomato, chopped
1/2 small onion, thinly sliced.

• Simply take all of the above ingredients after you have chopped them up and place them in a bowl and toss until they are all mixed together.
• Now that the chicken is done and you have all of your ingredients mixed and ready, heat a clean skillet up on medium high heat. Take your flatbread and throw it on the skillet for about 5 to 10 seconds for each side. You just want to warm it up a little.
• Take your warm flatbread and spread the garlic yogurt across the flatbread, place some shredded lettuce on top of that and spoon a little of the tomato parsley mix on top of that. Then scoop up some of that chicken and place it on top of the whole mess. If you’re wanting a little more tang, drizzle a little more garlic yogurt on top of the chicken. Roll it up, slice it in half and enjoy.

Tips
- I like to buy items in bulk. Things like Lemon Juice and Chicken I get from my local wholesale store.  I get the chicken in 10lb bags. Break that bag into several smaller freezer bags. Put 4 to 6 pieces in each bag. This will make it easier when you go to thaw them out.
Just grab a bag and throw it in a sink full of cold water. In about 20 minutes it should be thawed.

- If you have trouble folding the yogurt into the garlic mix, do what I did. I busted out a whisk and just whisked it together.
It wont be as fluffy as the folded version, but it still tastes great.

- When you mix the oils in the blender, either use a blender that has a hole in the top for pouring ingredients in (this minimizes the mess) or carefully lift one side and pour the oils down the side.

- If your grocery store has a salad bar, you can get the tomatoes and onions already chopped there. This will save a lot of time and mess by doing this.

- You may need to go to a specialty store in order to get the Sunflower oil and Sumac. If you can’t find this at all, just add about 1/4 cup more olive oil and whisk the mix together. If you cant find the Sumac, use lemon powder or some sort of lemony seasoning.

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