Greek Chicken Recipes

Updated May 19, 2010

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These great chicken recipes bring the flavors and ingredients of Greek cuisine right to your dinner table.

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Chicken Kofte with Zucchini

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Chicken Kofte with Zucchini Recipe

A taziki sauce pairs perfectly with the kofte, and some time under the broiler leaves the zucchini slices perfectly tender as a side dish in this recipe.

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Greek Slaw and Chicken Pitas

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Greek Slaw and Chicken Pitas Recipe

Salads are a favorite lunch option for the Andersons, and Katie is particularly fond of Greek salads. This quick-to-assemble sandwich is basically a salad in a pita, one that's full of crunchy lemon-feta Greek slaw and filling, convenient rotisserie chicken.

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Greek-Style Chicken Breasts

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Greek-Style Chicken Breasts Recipe

Fresh herbs, kalamata olives, and feta cheese contribute Mediterranean flavor to grilled Greek-Style Chicken Breasts.

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Greek Chicken Tacos

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Greek Chicken Tacos Recipe

Crisp lettuce cups offer a light, refreshing spin to this Greek salad-inspired taco, but feel free to use warm flour tortillas or pitas instead.

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Greek Salad Chicken

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Greek Salad Chicken Recipe

Inspired by Greek salad, reader Marie McCarthy created this dish that's now a family favorite. Serve with rice or crusty bread to soak up the pan juices.

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Broiled Greek Chicken with Pitas

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Broiled Greek Chicken with Pitas Recipe

Serve chicken skewers with cucumber mixture, cherry tomatoes and pitas on the side.

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Easy Greek Chicken Casserole

Easy Greek Chicken Casserole Recipe

Assemble an easy one-pot meal with chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, and green beans. Add Greek flavor with feta cheese and chopped olives.

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Greek Salad Bowl

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Greek Salad Bowl Recipe

Make a super-simple Greek salad for a hearty summer supper. No cooking involved if you use chopped rotisserie chicken.

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Greek Chicken Bread Salad

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Greek Chicken Bread Salad Recipe

Low in calories and packed with fresh flavors, this Greek Chicken Bread Salad uses ingredients you probably already have on hand.

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Greek Isle Chicken

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Greek Isle Chicken Recipe

This simple chicken dish is packed with flavor from olives, tomatoes, oregano and Greek seasoning. Before it goes into the oven, the prep time is only 10 minutes.

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Greek Marinated Chicken Kebabs

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Greek Marinated Chicken Kebabs Recipe

Place kebabs on warmed pita bread with cucumbers and a dollop of yogurt.

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Skillet Chicken Souvlaki

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Skillet Chicken Souvlaki Recipe

A traditional chicken souvlaki dish features chunks of chicken that are marinated and grilled on skewers. In this easy version, you cook the chicken in a skillet and serve on top of pita bread with yogurt sauce, feta and olives.

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Quick Avgolemono, Orzo, and Chicken Soup

Quick Avgolemono, Orzo, and Chicken Soup Recipe

Avgolemono is a tangy Greek soup that combines chicken broth, eggs, and lemon juice and rice. This easy version features orzo instead of rice and can be ready in 35 minutes.

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Greek Chicken and Barley Salad

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Greek Chicken and Barley Salad Recipe

Create a colorful and hearty main-dish salad with chicken, barley, fresh veggies, olives and feta. Pull all the flavors together by tossing ingredients in a tangy herbed dressing.

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Greek Chicken Salad Pitas

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Greek Chicken Salad Pitas Recipe

You'll find prepared hummus in a variety of flavors. We used roasted red bell pepper hummus for this sandwich, but either spicy three-pepper or artichoke-and-garlic hummus would make a good choice, too.

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Chicken Pitas with Yogurt-Dill Sauce

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Chicken Pitas with Yogurt-Dill Sauce Recipe

Make a meal in a pita in 25 minutes using seasoned chicken, lettuce, fresh herbs, tomato and crumbled feta. Top it off with a tangy yogurt sauce flavored with fresh dill.

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Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce

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Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

This grilled chicken dish features the fresh-tasting combination of lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil that is so prevalent in Greek cuisine. The sauce that's served with the chicken is a traditional Greek yogurt-based sauce flavored with lemon, garlic, and crisp cucumbers.

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Greek Slaw and Chicken Pitas

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Greek Slaw and Chicken Pitas Recipe

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Herbed Greek Chicken Salad

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Herbed Greek Chicken Salad Recipe

Instead of an olive oil vinaigrette, this main-dish salad is topped with a dressing of yogurt and sesame seed paste which helps to accentuate the flavors of the fresh veggies, olives, and feta cheese.

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Chicken Oreganata

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Chicken Oreganata Recipe

Oregano is one of the quintessential herbs used in Greek recipes, and here it's used, along with olive oil and lemon juice, in a marinade for broiled chicken thighs.

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Greek Chicken Recipes

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Chicken Kofte with Zucchini

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Greek Slaw and Chicken Pitas

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Greek-Style Chicken Breasts

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Greek Chicken Tacos

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Greek Salad Chicken

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Broiled Greek Chicken with Pitas

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Easy Greek Chicken Casserole

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Greek Salad Bowl

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Greek Chicken Bread Salad

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Greek Isle Chicken

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Greek Marinated Chicken Kebabs

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Skillet Chicken Souvlaki

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Quick Avgolemono, Orzo, and Chicken Soup

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Greek Chicken and Barley Salad

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Greek Chicken Salad Pitas

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Chicken Pitas with Yogurt-Dill Sauce

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Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce

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Greek Slaw and Chicken Pitas

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Herbed Greek Chicken Salad

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Chicken Oreganata

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