The other day I posted some AMAZING Grilled Spiced Lamb and a Mint-Cilantro Tahini sauce so good that I may as well have just started bathing in it. But I had to show you another way to enjoy it: in this incredible sandwich that I just can’t stop thinking about.
But I had to show you another way to enjoy it- in this incredible sandwich that I just can’t stop thinking about. I feel like I could eat it every night and not get tired of it.
Yes, the lamb and sauce are the star, but I also loved all of the really fresh toppings below, including the crunchy, zesty red cabbage salad I stuffed the pita with.
Please, please, please make your fam a batch of these- you won’t regret it!
Grilled Lamb Pita Pocket Sandwiches (Gluten-Free)
Author: Heather Christo
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
- Grilled Spiced Lamb
- Mint-Cilantro Tahini Sauce
- 3 Gluten-free (vegan) Pita pockets cut in half ( 6 pita-pocket halves)
- * I used BFree brand and they were awesome
- Cabbage Salad:
- 4 cups finely shredded purple cabbage
- 1 red bell pepper, finely sliced
- ¼ red onion, very finely sliced
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro, leaves and stems
- 1 fresno chili, finely sliced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- Kosher salt to taste
- Other toppings:
- Baby romaine leaves
- Sliced Cucumbers
- Cherry tomatoes, halved
- Fresh mint leaves
Instructions
- For the Salad: Combine everything in a large bowl and toss together until well coated with the oil and vinegar. Season to taste with kosher salt and set aside.
- Prepare the grilled lamb and tahini sauce according to directions and set aside.
- I like to lightly toast the pita pockets and then slather the inside with the mint-cilantro tahini sauce. Remove the lamb from the skewers and add one patty to each half of the pita pockets. I then add a leaf or two of lettuce, sliced cucumbers, a few tomatoes and fresh mint leaves and then a generous handful of the slaw.
- Dig in and enjoy!
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Where can I find GF Pitas? My local markets don’t carry them.
BarbK
Hi Barb! Any chance you have a Whole Foods near you? They are probably a good bet- otherwise, I know that you can order them on Amazon!
Can’t wait to make these for my family. Now that my husband has celiac, we are pretty much all GF. We were in Seattle for 2 days this week, just a quick vacation and we struggled to find GF choices at restaurants. I did look up your post (older) about Seattle restaurants, but I’d love to see an updated post with GF favorites. Don’t get me wrong, we managed to walk 15,000 steps per day and probably ate 16,000 steps worth of calories between mochas, affogatos, salt & straw flights of ice cream, etc, but we wanted to go out and eat salmon and steak and just were not comfortable with our choices. Thanks for being a GF trailblazer, so far your recipes are the true winners that my family has enjoyed the most!
Thank you Marina! I will work on it!