Simple & Delicious Greek Chicken Salad
There are dynamite flavors in this chicken salad that features all the quintessential flavors of a traditional Greek salad: good quality black olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, lemon – and the all-important dried oregano (which is used in both the chicken marinade and the salad dressing). Too delicious!
Greek Chicken Salad
There are dynamite flavors in this chicken salad that features all the quintessential flavors of a traditional Greek salad. Perfect for a quick lunch or light dinner during the week when you need a fast meal.
Equipment
Ingredients
- For the chicken:
- 4 large chicken breasts skinless and deboned (we use Butcher Box meat)
- 3.5 oz plain yogurt or homemade yogurt
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 TB olive oil
- For the salad:
- 1 cucumber sliced
- 7 oz baby tomatoes halved
- ½ green pepper cut into thin strips
- ½ red onion peeled and finely sliced
- 4.2 oz feta cheese crumbled
- 2.1 oz pitted black olives sliced
- 2 tsp baby capers drained
- For the dressing:
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 TB red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 large garlic clove peeled and crushed with a garlic press
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Start with the chicken since this requires at least 3 hours of marinating time. Place the chicken breasts in a large bowl. Add the yogurt, lemon juice, garlic powder, dried oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Mix well to combine, then cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
- In the meantime, combine all the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Leave in the fridge for now.
- When ready to cook the chicken, preheat the oven to 340°F. Line a small baking tray with greased foil or parchment paper.
- Heat the olive oil in a griddle or stainless steel pan over high heat. Fry the chicken breasts on both sides until charred. Remove and place onto the prepared baking tray. They are far from safely cooked through, which is why we place the tray into the oven to finish cooking for another 15-18 minutes. This method will result in succulent breasts. Once done, leave to rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- While the chicken is in the oven, make a quick dressing. Simply whisk together all the ingredients.
- Serve the sliced chicken breasts with the salad and generously pour over the dressing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 504kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 50gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 680mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5g
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