PITA BURGER

Not long ago I posted my home baked pita bread recipe. So with pita in the freezer I was set to make my pita burgers. Slightly different approach to a burger but since ground meat is involved I just named it "pita burger". It's easy, quick, crunchy, spicy, and delicious :)

Pita Burger

PITA BURGER (8 6inch pita burgers)
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Ingredients:

2 cups ground lamb

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 large ripe tomato, diced

¼ cup pickled jalapeno peppers, finely chopped

1 tsp salt

½ tsp black pepper

½ tsp crushed chili peppers

½ tsp ground cumin

2 tbsp olive oil

¼ tsp ground ginger

8 pita breads, 6 inch

¼ cup olive oil, for smothering the pita

Directions:

In a big bowl, mix all the ingredients.

Open pita bread and start filling them with meat mixture, approximately ¼ cup of filling per pita bread. Press the meat mixture firmly onto the bread.

Smother both sides of pita generously with olive oil and bake in 500*F preheated oven for 7 minutes on each side or until bread is browned and crunchy. Serve with pickled banana peppers, Greek yogurt, salad or maybe salsa or your favorite sauce. 

TIP1: Use deep baking pan to prevent smoking for there will be some oil splattering involved. First time I made them I used shallow baking pan and my fire alarm went off, yaycks!

TIP2: Pita burger is also very tasty when grilled. Just make sure that the flame is low and not too hot!