
Greek Style Lemon Baked Chicken
Try out this Greek style lemon baked chicken with a simple Greek salad. It’s super easy to prepare and makes a delicious summers dinner.
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Greek
Keyword: Easy, Greek food, summer recipe
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Ingredients
- 8 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
- 2 lemons
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 2 tbsp olive oil
For the simple Greek salad:
- 100 g cherry tomatoes cut in half
- ½ cucumber chunky diced
- 1 red onion chunky diced
- 25 g olives
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 50 g feta cheese crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C (fan).
- Add the chicken into a mixing bowl along with the zest and juice of the lemons, garlic, Dijon mustard, oregano, olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Spread the chicken out onto a baking dish, then bake it for 40 minutes.
- To make the simple Greek salad, add all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and toss together.
- Once the chicken is cooked, dish it up, spoon over some sauce, and enjoy.
2 comments on “Greek Style Lemon Baked Chicken”
Made this tonight. So simple. Replaced the thigh with breast as kids are fussy… But absolutely delish and enjoyed by the whole family.
Incredible chicken and salad – I made this tonight for the first time; the chicken thighs came out juicy and flavoursome, and the salad is simple but delicious!