
Quick BBQ chicken salad with pita chips and yoghurt
Fire up the BBQ for a quick but flavourful chicken salad brought to you by Bargain Box. Chicken breasts are grilled on the BBQ or fried in a pan. They’re then tossed together with grilled chickpeas, veggies and served with yoghurt and pita bread. This is a great one for hot summer nights.

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Method
Prep it
- Preheat BBQ to medium-high (if using).
- Preheat oven to 200°C (or 180°C fan bake) if using to heat pitas.
- Pat chicken dry and slice 1cm, then toss in a medium bowl with oil.
- Lightly season with salt and pepper.
- Drain and rinse chickpeas, then add to another medium bowl. Put aside.
- Cut pita into wedges.
Cook it
- Cook chicken on BBQ for about 6 minutes on each side (depending on thickness), or until cooked through.
- Cook chickpeas on BBQ for about 3 minutes, until golden. Alternatively, use the same method to cook chicken and chickpeas in a large pan, in batches if needed.
- Cook pita for 2-3 minutes on each side, until toasted. Alternatively, place pitas on an oven tray and cook in oven for about 5 minutes, until warmed through.
Toss it
- Roughly chop lettuce and cut tomato into wedges.
- Cut cucumber in half lengthways and thinly slice.
- Add veggies to a large bowl with cooked chicken, chickpeas, vinegar, and olive oil.
- Toss everything together.
Eat it
- Arrange chicken salad on a platter to share or help yourself to a plate.
- Serve pita wedges on the side and drizzle over yoghurt.
Tip
Switch out baby cos lettuce and tomatoes for spinach and carrot in winter months.
- 500 gchicken breast
- 4 tspoil
- 390 gchickpeas, can
- 6pita breads
- 2baby cos lettuces
- 2tomatoes
- 1telegraph cucumber
- 1 tspvinegar
- 1/3 cupplain yoghurt
- Energy2447kJ
- Total Fat10.9g
- Saturated Fat2.7g
- Total Carbohydrate72.6g
- Sugars5.7g
- Protein43.9g
- Sodium836mg
Method
Prep it
- Preheat BBQ to medium-high (if using).
- Preheat oven to 200°C (or 180°C fan bake) if using to heat pitas.
- Pat chicken dry and slice 1cm, then toss in a medium bowl with oil.
- Lightly season with salt and pepper.
- Drain and rinse chickpeas, then add to another medium bowl. Put aside.
- Cut pita into wedges.
Cook it
- Cook chicken on BBQ for about 6 minutes on each side (depending on thickness), or until cooked through.
- Cook chickpeas on BBQ for about 3 minutes, until golden. Alternatively, use the same method to cook chicken and chickpeas in a large pan, in batches if needed.
- Cook pita for 2-3 minutes on each side, until toasted. Alternatively, place pitas on an oven tray and cook in oven for about 5 minutes, until warmed through.
Toss it
- Roughly chop lettuce and cut tomato into wedges.
- Cut cucumber in half lengthways and thinly slice.
- Add veggies to a large bowl with cooked chicken, chickpeas, vinegar, and olive oil.
- Toss everything together.
Eat it
- Arrange chicken salad on a platter to share or help yourself to a plate.
- Serve pita wedges on the side and drizzle over yoghurt.
Tip
Switch out baby cos lettuce and tomatoes for spinach and carrot in winter months.
Ingredients
- 500 gchicken breast
- 4 tspoil
- 390 gchickpeas, can
- 6pita breads
- 2baby cos lettuces
- 2tomatoes
- 1telegraph cucumber
- 1 tspvinegar
- 1/3 cupplain yoghurt
Ingredients
- 500 gchicken breast
- 4 tspoil
- 390 gchickpeas, can
- 6pita breads
- 2baby cos lettuces
- 2tomatoes
- 1telegraph cucumber
- 1 tspvinegar
- 1/3 cupplain yoghurt
Nutrition Facts
- Energy2447kJ
- Total Fat10.9g
- Saturated Fat2.7g
- Total Carbohydrate72.6g
- Sugars5.7g
- Protein43.9g
- Sodium836mg
Method
Prep it
- Preheat BBQ to medium-high (if using).
- Preheat oven to 200°C (or 180°C fan bake) if using to heat pitas.
- Pat chicken dry and slice 1cm, then toss in a medium bowl with oil.
- Lightly season with salt and pepper.
- Drain and rinse chickpeas, then add to another medium bowl. Put aside.
- Cut pita into wedges.
Cook it
- Cook chicken on BBQ for about 6 minutes on each side (depending on thickness), or until cooked through.
- Cook chickpeas on BBQ for about 3 minutes, until golden. Alternatively, use the same method to cook chicken and chickpeas in a large pan, in batches if needed.
- Cook pita for 2-3 minutes on each side, until toasted. Alternatively, place pitas on an oven tray and cook in oven for about 5 minutes, until warmed through.
Toss it
- Roughly chop lettuce and cut tomato into wedges.
- Cut cucumber in half lengthways and thinly slice.
- Add veggies to a large bowl with cooked chicken, chickpeas, vinegar, and olive oil.
- Toss everything together.
Eat it
- Arrange chicken salad on a platter to share or help yourself to a plate.
- Serve pita wedges on the side and drizzle over yoghurt.
Tip
Switch out baby cos lettuce and tomatoes for spinach and carrot in winter months.
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