warm greek pita sandwiches with turkey and cucumber-yogurt sauce
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1/2 cup cucumber, peeled, grated and squeezed as dry as possible
- 2 teaspoons red or rice vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, to taste
- 4 large pitas
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, peeled, halved and cut into chunky wedges
- 3 cups leftover roast turkey, pulled into bite-sized pieces
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce (preferably romaine)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved and lightly salted
Recipe
- adjust oven rack to middle position. heat oven to 300 degrees.
- in a small bowl, mix sour cream, yogurt, cucumber, vinegar, 1 minced garlic clove, and salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
- place pitas in oven; bake until warm and pliable, 7 minutes. cut in half. meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. carefully add onion; saute until spotty brown but still crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. add turkey, oregano and remaining minced garlic; continue to saute until heated through, another 2 minutes.
- serve, letting guests fill their own pitas with lettuce first, followed by turkey, tomatoes and cucumber sauce.
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