Garlicky Chicken Pitas
with Tomato, Lemony Wedge Salad & Almonds
- Milk
- Sesame
- Wheat
- Eggs
- Tree Nuts
Now with leaner ground beef! You asked, we listened: This isn't the HelloFresh you remember. Bigger menu. Upgraded recipes. Increased portion sizes. More variety. The best way to cook dinner just got BETTER. This Middle Eastern-inspired meal is simple to make, loaded with flavor, and lands on your table in just 20 minutes. You’ll coat thinly sliced steak with our bold and savory steak spices. After a quick trip to a hot pan, you'll load it into fluffy pitas along with juicy tomato, creamy garlic mayo, and a bright homemade lemon vinaigrette. Serve with a wedge salad with more of that homemade dressing, plus a shower of almonds.
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Baby Lettuce
2 unit
Pitas
(Contains: Sesame, Wheat)
1 unit
Lemon
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
1 tablespoon
Bold & Savory Steak Spice
12 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 unit
Tomato
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
½ ounce
Sliced Almonds
(Contains: Tree Nuts)
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
½ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Pat steak* dry with paper towels. Slice into 1-inch-thick strips; season all over with Steak Spice, salt, and pepper.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add steak and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked to desired doneness, 4-6 minutes.
Transfer steak to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
While steak cooks, wash and dry produce.
Zest and halve lemon. Halve tomato lengthwise; thinly slice into half-moons and season with salt and pepper. Trim and discard root end from lettuce; quarter lengthwise.
In a small bowl, whisk together juice from all the lemon, half the garlic powder (you'll use the rest later), 2 TBSP olive oil, ½ tsp sugar, a pinch of salt, pepper, and as much lemon zest as you like (4 TBSP olive oil and 1 tsp sugar for 4 servings).
Wrap pitas in damp paper towels; microwave until warm and pliable, 40-60 seconds.
In a second small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, and remaining garlic powder. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
Halve pitas; gently pull apart to create pockets. Fill with garlic mayo, sliced steak, tomato, and ½ tsp dressing per pita pocket.
Divide pitas and lettuce wedges between plates. Drizzle remaining dressing over lettuce and sprinkle with almonds. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: The garlicky sour cream-mayo sauce was delicious, and many enjoyed the lemon and oil dressing. Some found the steak seasoning odd on chicken.
- Ease of prep: Customers appreciated these quick pita dinners as an easy summer meal option 🍲.
- Suggestions: Consider using a different seasoning blend if substituting chicken for steak. The wedge salad could be replaced with a more exciting side.
- Portions: Some felt there wasn't enough meat in the dish for a satisfying meal.
Reviews from our home cooks
I really enjoyed the pita sandwich itself. Both the lemon & oil dressing and the garlic mayo dressing were very good as well. The wedge salad was just okay, not great. Friend I served this meal to found the salad underwhelming. If I made this recipe again on my own I would omit the wedge salad and serve it with something else on the side. The seasoning mix paired with the chicken was just so-so, though I understand the recipe originally called for steak and I chose to opt for chicken so that is kind of on me. If I made this with chicken again I would choose a different seasoning blend. Other than that the recipe was generally enjoyable.
The salad dressing was gross. Oily-- the ingredients did not blend well, and separated quickly after being combined. A ready-made dressing would have been better. Nobody wanted this; it was washed down the drain. The steak seasoning was all wrong for chicken-- tasted weird. I thought I had ordered steak; if you had sent steak, the seasoning would have been great. That said, the pitas are wonderful-- nice and thick and stand up to sauce & meat, unlike the thin, wimpy pitas you used to send. And the garlicky sour cream-mayo sauce is so delicious!!!
Not enough meat in this dish. It was really good though. It would've been better with beef.
I am really enjoying these pita dinners for the summer. Thank you!!!!
Better quality produce. Your tomatoes are always unripe and tasteless. I always have to use my own on hand
