How to Make Pita Bread (Easy At Home Recipe) | Food Wishes 

Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/232719/Chef-Johns-Pita-Bread/

This guy sounds like the teacher in school you did really well in class cause of their personality

The trick to get a fully puffed bread: undercook the first side (no dots), flip it, properly cook the second side (lots of dots), flip it and finally cook the 1st side..thats when u get the puff!

I come back to this video all the time to make pita … I miss the old RU-vid and good creators like this!

Ingredients for 8 pita breads: For the sponge mix: 1 pkg dry active yeast (2 1/4 tsp) 1 cup warm water (about 90-100 degrees F.) 1 cup (4.5 oz by weight) all-purpose flour Then: 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 3/4 teaspoons salt 1 3/4 to 2 cups all-purpose flour, or until a soft, slightly sticky dough forms (about 8-9 oz by weight) *Let rise about 2 hours, or until doubled in size. Form 8 small, round loaves, let rise 30 minutes. Roll out and let rest 5 minutes before grilling. Ps: Please watch the video for more details.. Also follow the link in the comments. I had just copy the infos from the link. Enjoy. 👍🏼❤️

Touching the dough after it's doubled in size is one of the best feelings in the world!!!

You know you're hungry when you're watching cooking videos on RU-vid instead of actually cooking

Pita, Paul & Mary's greatest hit: "Puff, the Magic Pita."

Chef John makes everything sound low-stress, yet exciting and FUN. I've tried several of his recipes and had great success. I'll definitely be trying this AND many more. Thanks, Chef John, for sharing with us and making the world a little bit better. :-)

You promised to never mention my croissants again...

As a Middle Eastern and someone who lives on authentic pita, I am seriously impressed! They look delicious! Can't wait to try!

Dear Chef John, I know it's 6 years to late but I have finally tried out your pita bread recipe and I am in tears at how good the final products came out! Your recipe turned out the most fluffy, slightly chewy, delectable pita bread I have ever eaten, I have tried different recipes and none came out as successful as yours. I even got several full balloons, which rarely happens for me! Again thank you soooooo much CJ for this recipe

I've never heard someone call dough "sexy"... though I oddly understand what you mean

I have added "puffage" to my vocabulary after this video. So should you LOL

This is a great idea, now that people are stripping grocery shelves of bread products.

Hey Chef, I’ve been celebrating your videos for over a decade now and I’m still entertained and inspired equally. So just wanted to let you know. That you have a solid fan base in Germany as well ;) Today I cooked your Pita recipe for a friend and it worked out wonderfully! Once I started flipping the pitas quite early, I never missed “the full puffage”. To be fair, that could have also been caused by the prolonged rest time of the latter pita dough. Anyway, watching one of them blow up is almost as hypnotizing as watching a campfire. Made my day!

I cracked up when you called the dough "supple and sexy" hahahah

His voice makes me feel confident like, I will definitely succeed at this recipe lol. Sexy dough huh? Love it. It is exciting.

Metric: Imperial: John: 1 pack of yeast

“I like to compare things to beer”. I knew I liked this guy.

He's singing, not speaking (i kind of like that !)

I made this today - OMG the best Pita Bread I've ever eaten! Well worth the time and effort to make! I don't have a mixer as Chef John does - but I make breads and kneaded by hand. --- Anyway -- if you haven't made these - YOU SHOULD!! Excellent - thank you Chef John!!

This is a great recipie, the bread turns out really fluffy and tastes even better than store bought pittas.

I just finished making these. Chef the proportions in this recipe are PERFECT! Thank you for posting. My experience was when you get the full balloon , it the perfect time to flip. Trust the balloon.

Did he just say dough feels sexy?!?! I love it!

Wifey is turned on to mediterranean food, Chef John you are now a life saver and are making me look like a hero, I love your entire list of Med recipes.....We ate at 3 Med restaurants in south beach, Miami last week on vacay. They were all different, lol. Ingredients are expensive though....Lamb, feta, fresh veggies, definately. Making the bread as a filler upper definately helps, also grain dishes. Dough does feel amazing when done right. Thank you again, this is a tremendous service to us guys who like to impress our women!

I can't imagine how remarkably delicious Pita bread is when THIS fresh! My attempts at breads have been such failures that I don't bother anymore. That doesn't keep me from drooling over videos and wishing for fresh breads. 🤤

I have been making this for a while now and they are just SO good. I use garlic oil in stead of olive oil. They are amazing and I want to thank you Chef John. YOU, good Sir, are amazing!

Thanks for this Chef John. The first weekend I found this video, I made it four times in three days to much rejoicing at home. Paired it with home made roasted red pepper hummus and the wife was loving it.

Oil will make the pita hard on the 2nd day. Use only milk in the dough to have them stay soft for up to 5 days. It is more traditional as well.

I have just made these pita breads and they turned out so delicious- better than I could have imagined. There is no comparison whatsoever between these and the shop bought variety. Thank you for a wonderful recipe.

This works like magic!! I got the whole balloon on almost all of them. The best pitta recipe i have ever tried! Thank you so much :) i'm bookmarking this!

I swear. I always get hungry by midnight and end up looking for foods to make in the morning ._.

I love these no oven breads for camping and cruising on my boat. I can have fresh bread without using all my stove fuel on an oven. Thanks for another great video ! ! !

I made these today and they are amazeballs.....literally right after I watched the video I made them. Such a wonderful man to listen to and simple and funny as hell to listen to every single recipe I have tried!!! Thank you Chef

His way of delivery the speech of this recipe actually makes the recipe delicious 😋 and attracts viewers🤩

Just made these, it was so easy, they came out soft and delicious! Thanks Chef John for another great easy to follow recipe!

This recipe is foolproof, thank-you. I even made them the day before. Left them in the ball stage,put in the fridge and rolled out the next day. Puuurfect.

Hi! I’m a professional baker, and I make this recipe at home all the time. It’s never failed me. The key to success is making it *EXACTLY AS WRITTEN.* I do not substitute or omit any ingredients, I do not skip steps. As a result, I never have the occasion to complain about failure in the comments. Thank you for the recipe, I enjoy your content very much. Cheers!

Thanks for this video, it's what got me started making our own pita bread, thankfully because lately the grocery store only carries that low carb kind that is not as good for dipping into homemade hummus! Thanks to you, I've been making pita bread for years, so I just wanted to come back and thank you for showing how easy this is.

Omg, when he mentioned the failed homemade croissants it got too real

Partial puffage? Full inflation? Apparently food porn comes in all shapes and flavours

“I mean, remember the time you tried to make croissants? Ouch” 😭😭

Made these along with your falafel recipe and it was sooooo good. Adding it to my regulars for sure. Thanks Chef John!

your voice is one of my favorite things ever

I made it.. and it came out sooooo well.. I didn't use olive oil but cold press coconut oil and it was really good... thanks for such an easy recipe..

Hi Chef John! This was the very first bread I made and enjoyed it immensely! I didn't have a stand mixer or cast iron pan but managed to get by mixing with my hands and frying the bread on a non-stick pan. Will definitely be trying out more of your recipes in the future.

Was feeling bakish today and having never made pita before, this was a very easy tutorial. After having just finished making my pita breads and doing a taste test, they are quite delicious!

We called it in my country Batbot It s so good I grew up eating this bread Mostly for breakfast with butter and honey 🍯 yammmmy and a cup if hot milk.... memories

"Pita, Paul and .Mary...". Oh gawd...... LOL!

I've truly enjoy your recipes chef John, I've tried each one Ive requested and hats of to you for making my dinners special, couldn't have done it without you! Thank you.

These were amazing. I don't think I can ever go back to store bought. Thank you for sharing this!

I did this! I screw it up at first (forgot to add the salt and oil) but then I fixed it and it still came out yummy. Everyone liked it. Kept doing this and now I'm comfortable making it. Very similar to a pizza dough. I stuffed this with hummus, falafel, tomatoes and cucumber. It was yummy!

“Pita, Paul and Mary”.. Brilliant. You make me smile, Chef John 😊👍❤️

Thank you, it was a delight! Although we had to leave the dough rise for a whole day (since we were not home) and after chasing all air bubbles as you said, it was better than what we expected. Simply great. With homemade falafel, tahini, vegetables and garlic-mayonnaise (aïoli) it was a blast and everyone loved it! Cheers from France 🇫🇷😘

Love his voice. Great recipe 👌, pita comes out great every time. I serve it with homemade hummus, which is also pretty simple.

I enjoy your melodic speech mannerism, as well as your recipes! Thank you for the enjoyable cooking lessons!

Amazing and delicious! Wish I could rise this morning with the smell of this pita bread in my kitchen.

When I tried this recipe I cooked them just as instructed on med-high heat, the olive oil smoked and the pitas went black really fast. I turned the heat down to med-low and that worked. BTW the pitas were AMAZING! Thank you chef John.

Made it today. Thank you thank you thank you Chef John . It’s really the (2nd) best food delivery mechanism ( only just behind potstickers by a hair ) . It held alll my brisket in . Sauce and all

Pita, Paul and Mary. I didn't see that coming, but I should have 😄

"I just like to compare things to beer...." . .... "Show off my extreme puffiness" ... Love your vids and narrations!!! Thanks!!

One of the cutest narrative I heard in a very long time ,thank you for sharing can’t wait to try tomorrow

There’s one spot in my city that makes incredible fresh pita but I moved farther away from it. I can’t stand store bought and pita sandwiches are my favorite thing in the world so thank you so much for this!!! Definitely is inspiring me to start baking.

I think puffage is my new favorite word

lol your sentences sound like your singing and it's soothing..lovely voice and pitta 👍👍👍

I stuff my pitas with cheese and crispy bacon. Thank you for sharing the recipe and filming while cooking. It's much easier to understand what to do than just reading through the recipe. 👌

Thank you Chef John - I have just made 8 pita breads - they didn't come out too bad but not perfect like yours. It is however still delicious and better than the supermarket. I always make your Chiabatta bread cause the Instructions are so clear always. You are always so calm and I love following your instructions as I don't feel totally useless in the kitchen

Chef John, you are the one chef whose recipe has always turned out right, and super delicious.

Do this while traveling in the mountains by mule . Light weight oven over a campfire and this recipe = It worked . Thanks Food Wishes .

I used to bake these in my bbq grill. I live in an apt. now and I don't have one--Never thought I could just cook them on a pan!!! Thanks, Chef John

Awesome! Followed the recipe exactly. I did not get a complete puff on any of my pitas so when I went to cut them to use for sandwiches is was challenging. I will make again and serve with soups and or stews. I did use one piece for a flat bread pizza that was awesome. Very tasty.

Your recipes are fantastic and your sense of humor is the best!

omg I love your voice. I feel like I'm watching a Disney movie, I keep thinking of finding nemo. lol

Mate. It’s 4am in England we are in lockdown and I can’t sleep. Watched this video, salivating and then the all time classic line “Pita, Paul and Mary”😂

When he pressed out the fluff i felt that

My whole family are in love with this Pita bread. It is so simple and by far my favourite recipe in the world.

I just tried this recipe and I cant believe how easy and delicious it was. I will never buy pitas again. Thank you

Love this video! I’m beginning to watch videos like this because I want to start making my own bread rather than buying plastic wrapped, shop bought pittas. I’ll use pretty wax wraps rather than cling film 😀

Thank you for this recipe, I have used it many times now. Always delicious. I also appreciate your teaching method.

Hold up... this man called dough sexy?

the best looking pita I've ever seen

Just home from grocery store - they wanted almost $5 for package of 4 pitas. Nope. Got flour, yeast, olive oil and chef John. My cost for 8 pitas - estimated at under $2. Thank you Chef!

I'm an intermediate baker: this was my first time making this type of bread tho. Good recipe, could have been a little more fluffy. Also a very long recipe to make in comparison to a few other recipes I have found. But overall turned out exactly as advertised

Best pitas ever....i added some milk powder to them......they came out amazing....hard to find pitas like this in Mexico....

Hey John , Just made pita bread. Thanks greek dinner was a big hit.

I’ve made this a few times now and love it.. it freezes well too

Great now this video make me hungrey kek! The good crunchy taste and especially smell of fresh bread is just the best makes me feel alive. Only deltaparoel music can do the same to me. Sometime I combine the both of them, make me feel alive!

Chef John, huge fan here! You probably will never see this, but maybe someone else can help. I have made your Lebanese Mountain Bread recipe a couple times and I absolutely love it. This recipe is pretty much identical to the mountain bread except for two things: 1. You don't let the dough proof overnight 2. The thickness of the final bread itself Do these two factors make a huge difference in the taste between the mountain bread and the pita? If someone who has already tried both these recipe out could comment, I would really appreciate it.

I've had pita bread stuffed with chicken souvlaki and spinach with a ranch sauce and it was amazing you should do a chicken souvlaki recipe!

I made these exactly as the recipe called for yesterday and they were perfect! I decided today to try them with 100% white whole wheat flour. That is the flour the grocery store sent me because apparently they were out of white all purpose flour because of all the recent shortages. Actually I did not know there was such a thing as white whole wheat flour. I had nearly the same results. I would say the dough was not as fluffy and light as the all purpose flour. However they were delicious and also I wanted them smaller so I made 12 balls instead of six so that they’re about the size of those little street soft taco shells that you can get at the grocery store. And I rolled all those little balls out at the same time and covered them with a damp towel so they would not dry out as I cooked them in the pan and they did just fine. In fact the ones toward the end puffed up quite a bit. I’m not sure if that was because they had rested while the other ones were cooking in the pan. I will be using them as a flat bread and I didn’t really want them to be puffy anyway. Normally I make whole wheat bread every week and I like these little flat bread pitas much better than whole wheat bread. I would say they are a success using both white flour or if you use 100% white whole wheat. I don’t know how regular 100% whole wheat flour would work.

Thanks for this recipe! Very clear, simple and straightforward! Looks delicious too!!

I LOVE this singing chef, partial puffage, brilliant.

I'm not sure if anyone has ever told you but you should be on radio you have a great voice.

So I looked for a pita bread recipe and decided I'll use yours since I tried many other recipes of you and they always turned out awesome.

thank you so much! this recipe was extremely helpful. i'm trying to make a cross between flatbread and pita bread (i only have baking powder and very little flour). i loved this video!

Your videos are awesome! You put personality into it where other videos are on the dry side. And yes, I made the pitas and absolutely loved them! Keep up the good work. You'd make a good voice over for movies. You have a gift!

That looks amazing! I've added it to my "must cook soon" list.

Try it and not sure if it is cheaper to buy them. One thing is for sure, it is a lot of fun spending time in the kitchen making them. 😍😍😍 Thanks for all of your videos. Btw: I live in El Salvador.

That’s so amazing! Thank you so much for the recipe! I’m gonna try this as soon as posible