{"id":691310,"date":"2026-03-02T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=691310"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:02:52","slug":"recipe-maple-chicken-pitta-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/recipe-maple-chicken-pitta-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"RECIPE: Maple Chicken Pitta Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RECIPE: Maple Chicken Pitta Pockets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mains \/ 30-Minute Meals \/ Chicken \/ Mains \/ Sport \/ Starters, Snacks and Sides<\/p>\n<p>Maple chicken pitta pocket<\/p>\n<p>Featuring: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maplefromcanada.co.uk\/products\/maple-syrup\/\">Pure Maple Syrup<\/a><\/span><\/span>, 1 portion<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<br \/>\nFor the filling<br \/>\n125 g cooked chicken breast, diced<br \/>\n\u00bd apple, diced<br \/>\n2 tbsp dried cranberries<br \/>\n80 ml fat-free Greek yoghurt<br \/>\n10 ml pure Canadian maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich taste)<br \/>\nsalt and pepper, to taste<br \/>\nfresh parsley, chopped<br \/>\nFor the pitta<br \/>\n1 white pitta bread, cut down the middle<\/p>\n<p>Method<br \/>\nFilling<br \/>\nIn a bowl, combine the cooked chicken, apple, dried cranberries, Greek yoghurt, maple syrup, parsley, and season with salt and pepper to taste.<br \/>\nAssembly<br \/>\nStuff the filling into the pitta bread.<br \/>\nServe immediately and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The perfect meal for make-ahead lunches or a post-workout snack, these chicken pitta pockets are super easy to make and packed with protein.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you have store-bought slices of chicken or leftovers from another meal, the simple but delicious yoghurt sauce guarantees great flavour. All you need to do is combine the ingredients, season with salt and pepper and then assemble your pitta pockets! The sauce incorporates a splash of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maplefromcanada.co.uk\/products\/maple-syrup\/\">pure maple syrup<\/a><\/span><\/span>, adding a subtle touch of sweetness to these delicious chicken pittas.<\/p>\n<p>Want more recipes like these chicken pitta pockets? Keep scrolling for a selection of mains, chicken dishes and 30-minute meals!<\/p>\n<p>The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RECIPE: Maple Chicken Pitta Pockets Mains \/ 30-Minute Meals \/ Chicken \/ Mains \/ Sport \/ Starters, Snacks and Sides Maple chicken pitta pocket Featuring: Pure Maple Syrup, 1 portion Ingredients For the filling 125 g cooked chicken breast, diced \u00bd apple, diced 2 tbsp dried cranberries 80 ml fat-free Greek yoghurt 10 ml pure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":691311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691312,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691310\/revisions\/691312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}