Garlic Grilled Pita Bread

Garlic Grilled Pita Bread
Amazingly simple.  Amazingly delicious.

6-8 Plain, pre made pita bread

½ c Extra Virgin olive oil \
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 T flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 t salt
1 t black pepper

First do this:

Pre-heat your grill to HIGH.

Then do this:

On a cutting board, combine half  of the salt and the garlic.  With the side of your knife, using a “sliding” motion, mash the garlic and the salt together into a paste.  Combine the garlic paste with the olive oil, parsley, remaining salt, and pepper.  Let sit for about 10 minutes.

Now do this:

Brush both sides of the pita liberally with the garlic oil mixture.  Grill over high heat, until browned and crispy, about 2 minutes each side.

Eat it like this:

Slice the pita into quarters and serve hot!  Pairs well with grilled shrimp, chicken, beef, you name it.  I love it on the side of a big hearty salad.

If you’re goin’ rogue:

You can use dried parsley.  Cut the measurement in half, though.

This also works well with other flat breads like lavash.  You can even use this for thick sliced crusty breads like baguette or ciabatta.

Keep this in mind:

You may get little burn spots on the pita.  This is totally fine, and totally delicious. 

They taste best warm, but are good cold too.  If you’re going to re-heat, don’t you dare put these in the microwave.  Pre-heat the oven to 200°, wrap the left over pita in an aluminum foil pouch, and warm for about 10 minutes.