Chicken Falafel with Tahini Sauce
This recipe makes 4 servings
Nutritional Info |
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|---|---|
| Per serving: about | - |
| cal | 392 |
| pro | 34 g |
| total fat | 14 g |
| sat. fat | 2 g |
| carb | 33 g |
| fibre | 3 g |
| chol | 66 mg |
| sodium | 605 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 8 |
| iron | 26 |
| vit A | 7 |
| vit C | 32 |
| folate | 42 |
- Portion size: 4
Chicken is delicious either hot or cold, so save some for lunch the next day. Wrap the chicken in foil and include a pita and some lettuce and tahini for your child to assemble the falafel at school.
Ingredients
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Tahini Sauce:
- 1/2 cup 1/2cuptahini paste, (pure sesame paste)
- 1/4 cup 1/4cuplemon juice
- 1/4 cup 1/4cupwater
- 1 1clove garliccloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp 2tbspchopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 tsp 1/4tspsalt Chicken Falafel:
- 1 lb 1lbboneless skinless chicken breastboneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp 1tbspvegetable oil
- 2 2garlic clovegarlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp 1tspground cumin
- 1 tsp 1tspcoriander
- 1/4 tsp 1/4tspsalt
- 1/4 tsp 1/4tspcayenne pepper
- 2 tbsp 2tbspchopped fresh parsley
- 4 4pocket-style pita breadpocket-style pita breads
- 2 cups 2cupsshredded lettuce
- 1 cup 1cupsliced cucumbercucumbers
- 1 cup 1cupchopped fresh tomatofresh tomatoes
Preparation
Tahini Sauce
In bowl, mix tahini, lemon juice and water. Stir in garlic, parsley and salt. Makes 1 cup (250 mL). Set aside.
Chicken Falafel
Cut chicken crosswise into thin strips. In nonstick skillet or wok, heat oil over medium-high heat; cook garlic, cumin, coriander, salt, cayenne and chicken, stirring often, until chicken is no longer pink inside, about 5 minutes. Stir in parsley.
Cut off top third of each pita; invert and place in bottom third. Fill each with some of the tahini sauce, the chicken, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes. Drizzle with remaining sauce.
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