Lemony Lamb Pitas

Total Time: 9 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 lbs leg of lamb, boneless
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel, finely shredded
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, snipped or 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 large pita bread rounds, halved crosswise
• 8 lettuce leaves
• 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/4 cup cucumber, chopped and seeded
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning

Recipe

• 1 place onion in a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker. trim fat from roast. in a small bowl combine lemon-pepper seasoning and dry mustard. sprinkle mixture evenly over the roast; rub in lightly with your fingers. place roast in cooker. in a small bowl combine broth, lemon peel, lemon juice, rosemary, and garlic. pour over all in cooker.
• 2 cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
• 3 remove meat from cooker. using two forks, shred meat; discard fat. place meat in a medium bowl. using a slotted spoon, remove onion from cooker and stir into meat mixture. discard cooking liquid in cooker.
• 4 to serve, open pita bread halves to form pockets. place a lettuce leaf in each pita half. spoon meat into pita halves. top meat with yogurt sauce and chopped tomato.
• 5 for yogurt sauce:.
• 6 in a small bowl stir together yogurt, cucumber, and lemon-pepper seasoning. makes about 1/2 cup.