Pita

Smoky Chicken Pita

Scrambled Egg With Crabmeat Pita

I tried making tortilla skin previously. So today, I tried making pita bread. Pita bread is so much easier to do, and I prefer pita tortillas. So most probably I'll make this again soon. I did two fillings today, scrambled eggs and another one is a marinade that I got from watching Nigella. I so love her shows!!! The pitas are soft and chewy. Nice!!!

Ingredients:

Pita:

• 1 ½ cup flour
• ¾ tsp salt
• ½ tbs sugar
• 1 tsp yeast
• ¾ cup water
• 1 tablespoons vegetable oil

Filling:

(A) Smoky Chicken

• Chicken fillets
• Chopped garlic
• Sesame oil
• Oyster Sauce
• Honey
• Chilli powder

Marinade for at least 3 hours. After marinating, pan fry the marinated chicken until golden brown, and it’s ready to be stuffed into the pita.

(B) Scrambled eggs with crabmeat

• Egg, lightly beaten
• Diced tomatoes
• Diced crabmeat
• Pepper
• Salt
  

Heat up the pan, and add a bit of oil. Put in the eggs, and start to stir when the egg starts to set. Then, add in the diced tomatoes and diced crabmeat. Add in pepper and salt to taste. Now, it’s ready to be stuffed into the pita.

Method:

Pita:

• Combine honey, oil and water.

• Combine flour, salt, sugar and yeast into a bowl.

• Add the wet mixture into the dry mixture, and mix.

• Knead the dough on a floured surface for about 5 minutes.

• For soft pitas, dough should be a little sticky. If it’s dry, add a little more water (1 tbs at a time).

• Lightly oil the dough surface and a clean bowl. Put the dough in the bowl, cover with a clean dishtowel and let rise for about 1.5 hours.

• Divide dough into 4 portions.

  On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll each ball into a 15cm circle.

• Cover dough and let rise about 30 minutes or until slightly puffed.

• On a greased baking sheet arrange 2 dough rounds. Bake in bottom of a 250 degree C oven for 5 minutes or until bread is puffed.

• Remove from oven.

Combining the two:

• Heat up the pita in the toaster.
• Dice the tomatoes.
• Spread a bit of mayonnaise on the pita. Then, stuff the chicken fillet and diced tomatoes.
• Spread a bit of mayonnaise on the pita. Then, stuff the scrambled egg with crabmeat, and diced tomatoes.
• And it's ready to eat!!!
• You can skip the vegetables if you don't like them.