Greek Goddess Chicken Lettuce Wraps.

From pasta to lettuce in just one day…

Promise it’s the good kind of lettuce. The kind that can even rival a bowl of pasta…seriously.

I have some genuine love for these pretty Greek goddess chicken lettuce wraps. Meaning, I could probably eat them for a week straight and not be bored. They are that good, and nothing like you might expect. You see, I think a lot of people make lettuce wraps to replace the carbs in their life, but me? No freaking way, carbs are they best, and I’m not ditching them anytime soon. So when I make lettuce wraps I make them with other healthy and delicious ingredients, like roasted chicken, avocado, olives, cucumbers, etc. But I’m also not afraid to add things like homemade roasted french fries. YES. french fries.

I even took it a step further and paired a few of my wraps with some fresh homemade pita bread. To be honest, I did this more for photo purposes because I was having a hard time fitting everything into my tiny lettuce leafs, but I am sure as heck not complaining. You can do what you want as far as including the pitas or not. I kind of like the pita in addition the lettuce, but again I was brought up to basically live off carbs. Either way, these wraps are going to be delicious.

I have been so excited to share these for what feels like way too long. The flavors are some of my favorites. They are my go-to flavors/foods when cooking for myself, the kinds of flavors/foods my dad used to cook up when making dinner for the family.

These wraps are fresh, but satisfying, and I cannot get over the colors…love the colors, and the textures, and the fact that we can totally call these health food…cool. cool.

What’s really odd is that while I absolutely love these flavors and eat them often, I feel like there are not a ton of recipes like this on the blog. When I realized this the other week, I knew that I needed to change that pretty much immediately. I think that sometimes I can overlook the foods that I make when cooking for no one other than myself and my family. Almost like they are too boring to share. In some cases that’s true, but when it comes to Greek recipes, I feel as though they should all be shared and loved, I mean, right?

So today, I am sharing one of my favorite ways to cook up chicken. Typically I’ll just serve it with rice, but I really wanted to do the whole “Greek Goddess” thing, so I made a really pretty, and even more delicious, pistachio basil goddess sauce, stuffed my chicken into some lettuce and then topped it with all the pretty things. Think of these as a Gyro, but done a little healthier and simpler.

First things first, I have to express how vital the goddess sauce is here. As my dad said, it’s what completes the recipe. The sauce is everything. Loaded with basil, pistachios, and lemon and then spiced up a bit with jalapeno. Honestly, it’s just addicting, and any leftovers can be used for salads, served over meats or seafood or simply eaten with some fresh pita as a dip.

So that’s the sauce. Now the chicken. Like I said, this is my favorite way to season chicken…smoked paprika, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper…oh, and thinly sliced lemon. It’s basic, but really good, and if you can, try to let the chicken marinate overnight, it makes for an incredibly tender, not tough, chicken. Put the sauce and the chicken together and you have the perfect meal. Ahh wait, sorry, put the sauce, chicken, oven roasted fries, lettuce and feta together and you have the perfect meal…clearly I am all about the loaded wrap!

The fries and feta are kind important too. My dad used to put homemade fries on literally everything…I now do the same.

FUN FACT: I secretly hate pickled red onions, BUT love, love, love getting to use them in recipes because they add the prettiest pop of color.

Tomorrow more color…but in a sweet way.