Greek Chicken marinade used to make an easy family dinner of chicken skewers and Greek salad. Healthy, delicious and really easy to meal prep. I served alongside with some fresh, crusty sourdough bread.
This yoghurt marinated chicken is beautifully tenderised and loaded with Greek flavours like lemon, garlic and oregano.
STEP 1
Combine marinade ingredients and mix to combine.
STEP 2
Coat chicken and marinate for at least 30 minutes or freeze for later use.
Greek Yoghurt Chicken Marinade
This Greek yoghurt chicken marinade is great to make in bulk and freeze into portions. I managed to marinate four chicken breasts with this recipe and portioned into four dinners. I cut the chicken into bite sized pieces and then froze, ready to either be made into chicken skewers or left as is and served with rice.
These Stasher reusable silicon food bags are a great alternative to disposable plastic bags. You can get them in a variety of sizes and really easy to wash and dry, I just turn mine inside out. You can get some here.
Yoghurt marinated chicken tastes amazing as yoghurt tenderises quickly and more evenly than harsher acidity liquids like lemon juice and vinegar and its a really great way to infuse the chicken with other herbs and spices.
I prefer to use natural yoghurt in this Greek chicken marinade as it is not as thick as a Greek style yoghurt, but you could use either.
SERVE THIS GREEK LEMON CHICKEN RECIPE WITH;
Here are some more of my favourite chicken marinade recipes;
- Oven Baked Chicken – One Tray Hoisin Peanut Chicken and Rice
- Butterflied Roast Lemon Chicken
- Turmeric Grilled Chicken
- Easy Chicken Marbella
- One Tray Honey Lime Chicken and Rice
- Crispy Oven Baked Lemon Garlic Chicken Wings
- Oven Baked Chicken Teriyaki and Rice
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How to make an easy Greek Lemon Chicken Marinade;
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Greek Chicken Marinade
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: aprox 20 skewers 1x
Description
Greek Chicken marinade made with yoghurt, lemon, garlic, oregano, thyme and olive oil.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
MARINADE
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 50g plain yoghurt (I used natural yoghurt)
- lemon, juiced
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- salt & pepper
SALAD
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 red onion or red shallot, thinly sliced
- splash of olive oil
- squeeze of lemon juice
- salt & pepper
Instructions
Place marinade ingredients into a bowl and mix well to combine. Pour over chicken and toss to coat. Cover and marinate for 30 minutes or portion and freeze for later use.
Soak wooden chicken skewers in water to ensure they wont burn while cooking.
Once the chicken has marinated, spike 4 pieces of chicken onto each skewer and cook on a bbq or really hot pan until golden and cooked through.
Toss together all the salad ingredients and serve alongside the chicken skewers.
Notes
Serving chicken on the skewers is optional, you can easily just cook as it is.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: DINNER
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