Grilled Greek Chicken is tender and juicy and flavored with plenty of fresh herbs and lemon. Pair it with a Greek salad for a healthy and delicious weeknight meal.
The chicken needs to marinate for at least 6 hours and up to 12 hours to really soak up the flavor of the herbs and garlic. I’ve used thyme, oregano, and dill, but parsley and rosemary would also be good.
I used fresh oregano and dill and dried thyme. Thyme is probably the only herb I enjoy better in dry form. You would be fine using dried oregano too, but I wouldn’t use dried dill. It has virtually no flavor.
The marinade can be made in the morning, let the chicken marinate in the refrigerator all day and you can pull supper together in about 15 minutes. Gotta love that.
Healthy Grilled Greek Chicken
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 3 garlic cloves,, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except chicken in a medium bowl. Pour into a large ziptop plastic bag. Add chicken and place in refrigerator to marinate for 6 to 12 hours.
- Remove chicken from refrigerator and place on counter. Heat grill (or grill pan) to medium-high.
- Remove chicken from marinade and discard marinade. Place chicken on grill and grill for 5 minutes. Flip over and grill until no longer pink in the middle.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipes That Would Go Well With Grilled Greek Chicken
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WOW! This looks darn tasty, cannot wait to try this recipe.
I seriously do not grill chicken enough. Thanks for reminding me how delicious and healthy it is – I am so inspired to make this soon!
This looks so juicy and flavorful! Love all the herbs you used!
This looks so fresh and healthy. I bet the marinade makes the chicken so tender too! Pinning to try this next week one night 🙂
oh my gawd, I love this chicken!!! so beautiful and love all the fresh herbs!!! yup, can’t go wrong with marinating chicken!!! love!!!
This is such a flavorful dinner idea! I love Greek flavors.
This looks so amazing! I love grilling chicken it is one of my favorite ways to prepare it.
This chicken looks perfect, Christin! I love how light and fresh the flavors are! Love all the herbs in here, sounds so healthy and delicious!
This chicken looks so perfect! I’ve been really loving Greek flavors right now and putting them in everything! I love all the lemon 🙂