Greek Chicken Recipes Bring Mediterranean Flavors Home

The culinary team at Serious Eats has compiled a selection of Greek chicken recipes centered on classic Mediterranean flavors. Lemon, garlic, oregano, and red wine vinegar form the foundational taste profile for these dishes, designed to evoke the essence of Greek cookouts.

Creamy Garlic Chicken Spanakopita Skillet

This recipe transforms the traditional spinach and phyllo pie into a one-pan meal. Chicken is fried in butter before being combined with a garlicky béchamel sauce and spinach, creating a deconstructed, savory pot pie version of spanakopita.

Greek-Style Rice Pilaf With Chicken Thighs

A complete one-pan dinner begins by browning chicken thighs. Onion and garlic are cooked in the rendered fat, followed by toasting rice. Artichoke hearts and stock are added, and the chicken is placed back on top to simmer for 15 minutes. The finished dish is brightened with a last-minute addition of crumbled feta and lemon.

Avgolemono Soup (Greek Lemon-Egg Chicken Soup)

This tangy, creamy soup is a Greek classic. Chicken breast is slowly poached in homemade broth. Rice or orzo is added and cooked. The soup is then thickened with a mixture of beaten eggs and lemon juice before the poached chicken is returned to the pot. Fresh dill is used as a garnish.

Chicken Souvlaki With Tzatziki and Salad

For her souvlaki recipe, Yvonne Ruperti creates a vinaigrette of lemon, red wine vinegar, and fresh oregano. This dressing serves as both a marinade for the chicken and a dressing for a Greek salad. The grilled chicken chunks are served in flatbread with tzatziki sauce and the salad.

Greek-Style Grilled Whole Chicken

The key to this recipe is butterflying a whole bird. It is coated with a mixture of salt, pepper, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and lemon zest before grilling. This technique aims for flavorful, crisp-skinned, perfectly cooked chicken. Once carved, it is drizzled with more of the garlic-lemon vinaigrette. The article also references a quicker Cornish hen version by Kenji López-Alt that includes tzatziki, grilled zucchini, and a salad.

**Roasted Garlic and Feta Chicken Sausages**

Joshua Bousel captures Greek poultry flavors in sausage form. Roasted garlic, lemon, red wine vinegar, and oregano are combined with ground chicken and tangy feta cheese. Roasting the garlic first mellows its bite and helps it blend into the sausage filling.

**Sheet-Pan Greek Chicken**

This weeknight-friendly meal uses two sauces and a single pan. A clever roasting technique is applied to chicken and vegetables, resulting in a Greek-inspired dish that minimizes cleanup.