All over the eastern Mediterranean these spiced meat sandwiches are a street food staple. Originating in northwestern Turkey, this style of seasoned meat wrap is so common it’s sometimes called the Middle Eastern taco.
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Grill-Pressed Chicken Cubano Sandwiches
These rich sandwiches drip with juicy seasoned chicken, ripe tomato, and briny pickles. If you don’t have a sandwich press or Panini grill, cook them on a stovetop grill, griddle, hot skillet, or charcoal grill with chunks of sweet bell pepper and onion.
Chili Chicken Strips with Spiced Picante Sauce
You can’t beat a simple coleslaw with these savory tenders – a combo of chopped cabbage, julienned carrot, and thinly sliced red onion, tossed with a creamy slaw dressing perhaps. Try adding some chopped fresh cilantro or julienned jicama for a southwestern touch.
Mini Baked Crunchy Chicken Potstickers with Hoisin Dipping Sauce
Savory, with a nice crisp bite, these mini appetizers look more like eggrolls. For a more traditional chewy potsticker texture, shallow-fry them in peanut oil, then add some water to the pan to finish them with steam. Ambitious Kitchen created this recipe from an ingredient list submitted by Meggan S., who was a finalist in the Just Bare Chicken+5 Ingredient Challenge.
Chili & Pumpkin Seed Roasted Chicken Tenders
This recipe creates a baked variation of Mustard Coated Chicken Tenders using pumpkin and cumin seeds to make a seasonal crust for roasted tenders. Serve with an avocado dip.
Spa Chicken Curry with Cilantro Chutney
Traditional chicken curries can have a lot of fat. This version is full of the great flavors of the best curry dish, but with a fraction of the calories. The brilliant green “chutney” is really an herbal salsa, spicy and a fresh counterpoint to the deeper taste of the curry.
Greek Chicken Salad Flatbreads
Topping whole-grain flatbreads with the ingredients for a Greek-style chicken salad creates a complete meal, full of rich, good-for-you flavor.
Chicken & Swiss Chard Stromboli with Gorgonzola Cheese
This Just 5 Challenge finalist recipe is the creation of Jennifer B. of Falls Church, VA. Tangy Gorgonzola cheese adds a creamy punch in combination with Swiss chard, a late summer/early fall garden favorite.
Chicken & Green Olives with Apricot Shallot Wine Sauce
Karen K. of Quincy, CA was selected as a finalist in the 2012 Just 5 Cooking Challenge for creating this easy weeknight meal that utilizes the much loved sweet-savory combination.
Charred Greens & Chicken Caesar
Any head of crisp lettuce can be lightly grilled—try butter lettuce, Belgian endive, even small heads of cabbage (slice into thick slabs). The grill imparts a smokiness and savory browning that adds a new dimension—and new definition—to salads.