Pita Bread with Meatballs and Vegetables

Step-by-step method

At a glance

You're making a delicious handheld meal that brings together homemade meatballs, grilled vegetables, and fresh greens stuffed inside warm pita bread. The main time commitment is chilling the meatball mixture for an hour and then baking the meatballs—everything else comes together quickly, so you'll have a fun, customizable dish ready in under two hours that's definitely going to get messy in the best way possible.

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Prepare the onion and meat

Finely chop the onion and sauté it in a little butter until golden. Put the meat into a large bowl.

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500 gram
Mixed Ground Meat

1 piece
Yellow Onion
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Season, mix and chill

Add the sautéed onion, egg, sauce, mustard, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly, ideally with your hands, until all the ingredients are well combined. Let the mixture rest in the fridge for about an hour.

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2 piece
Chicken Eggs

5 gram
Sriracha Sauce

10 gram
Salt

10 gram
Black Pepper

15 gram
Honey Mustard
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Shape the meatballs

Shape the rested mixture into balls. Fry them in hot oil, or bake them in the oven on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 200°C for about half an hour, depending on the size of the meatballs. Once baked, they should be nicely browned.

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Grill the peppers

Place the sliced peppers on a griddle pan and let them get nice char marks.

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1 piece
Red Bell Pepper

1 piece
Yellow Pepper
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Cut the pita into a pocket

Warm the pita bread in the microwave or a regular oven. Cut it open like a pocket, but don't slice all the way through – this makes the filled pita much easier to eat.

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4 piece
Pita bread
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Choose your favourite dressing

Spread the inside with your dressing of choice – salad dressing, steak mustard, or a homemade sauce made from mayonnaise, garlic and herbs. It's really down to your own taste.

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40 gram
Salad Dressing
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Prepare the salad mix

Season the washed salad leaves with lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper. Let it sit for a few minutes.

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100 gram
Mixed Salad Greens

1 piece
Lemon

3 gram
Salt

3 gram
Black Pepper

5 gram
Olive Oil
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Fill the pita

Fill the pita bread with the salad, top with pieces of grilled peppers, cherry tomatoes and finally the meatballs.

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100 gram
Cherry Tomatoes

Pita Bread with Meatballs and Vegetables

Name: Tasty Pita Bread with Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 57 min
Total time: 145 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 piece Yellow Onion; 15 gram Honey Mustard; 13 gram Salt; 40 gram Salad Dressing; 2 piece Chicken Eggs; 1 piece Red Bell Pepper; 1 piece Lemon; 4 piece Pita bread; 5 gram Olive Oil; 500 gram Mixed Ground Meat; 1 piece Yellow Pepper; 13 gram Black Pepper; 100 gram Mixed Salad Greens; 100 gram Cherry Tomatoes; 5 gram Sriracha Sauce

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Prep 15 min Cook 57 min

Plus 1 h 5 min of resting (not counted in active time)

15 Ingredients

8 Steps

Medium Difficulty

What's in it?

697 kcal

Calories

67 g

Carbohydrates

31 g

Fats

36 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Pita bread with meatballs is a fantastic summer dish. I just have to warn you – it's exactly the kind of meal where, if you're not careful, you'll end up making a bit of a mess. Kind of like eating a burger.

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Step-by-step method

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Prepare the onion and meat

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Season, mix and chill

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Shape the meatballs

Grill the peppers

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Cut the pita into a pocket

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Choose your favourite dressing

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Prepare the salad mix

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Fill the pita

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Pita Bread with Meatballs and Vegetables

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