Recipe: Curried Chicken Salad Waldorf Pitas

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Curried Chicken Salad Waldorf Pitas
From: Mark Horne
Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

Here's an easy and delicious chicken salad:

Curried Yogurt Sauce (below)
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned, cooked and cubed
1/2 cup Italian dressing
1 medium green apple, cubed
1/4 cup thinly sliced celery
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted*
3 Tbsp raisins
2 avocados, seeded, peeled and cubed
4 pita breads, halved
8 pieces curly green leaf lettuce
Cherry tomatoes, optional

Prepare Curried Yogurt Sauce. Marinate chicken in Italian dressing 4 to 8 hours (in refrigerator). Stir in apple, celery, almonds and raisins. Add Curried Yogurt Sauce (below). Gently fold in avocados. Place lettuce in pita halves and fill with chicken mixture. Garnish with tomatoes, if desired

Curried Yogurt Sauce

1 cup plain low-fat or non-fat yogurt
1/2 to 1 tsp curry powder*
1/4 tsp mace

Stir ingredients together.

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*Some notes: I usually substitute roasted pine nuts for the almonds. I also use more curry powder in the yogurt. I've used non-fat yogurt, and it was fine. The curried yogurt makes a great dip for veggies.