Greek Chicken Marinade Recipe

This marinade for Greek Chicken is a family favorite. It's delicious over drumsticks, thighs or breast. When it's hot out we love to use it to marinade cubed chicken breast for Greek Chicken Shish Kabobs.

The chicken turns out super tender and juicy every time whether we bake it in the oven like this time or throw it on the grill when the weather heats up.

Plain yogurt and lemon keep the chicken tender while lemon zest, fresh dill, rosemary, thyme, and plenty of garlic leaves the chicken so flavorful.

If your anything like us chicken makes a pretty regular appearance on the dinner rotation and Marinated Greek Chicken definitely deserves a reserved spot on the dinner menu.

Greek Chicken is one of those recipes you'll wonder why it took you so long to make.

To make the Greek Chicken Marinade mix together:

• 1 1/2 cups Plain Yogurt 
• 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1/3 cup Fresh Lemon Juice
• 2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
• 2 teaspoons Fresh Chopped Dill
• 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Rosemary 
• 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Thyme
• 1 teaspoon Oregano

I almost forgot the garlic! Yikes! 

I added 8 large Cloves Garlic Minced. I know some people will say that's way too much garlic, but we love garlic in our house. While others will add 12 cloves. Feel free to adjust the garlic to your preference.

Cover 2-3 pounds Chicken with Greek Yogurt Marinade for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Discard marinade.

To bake chicken drumsticks or thighs bake in a 425 degree oven for 1 hour or until temperature is at least 170 degrees. 

Basting about every 20 minutes with pan juices for golden brown crispy skin.

We enjoyed our Greek Marinaded Chicken with a Mediterranean Couscous Salad I'll be sharing soon. 

But we also love it with these other favorite side dishes:

• Mediterranean Pasta Salad
• Rice Pilaf with Orzo
• Cilantro Lime Rice
• Tomato Cucumber Herb Salad with Balsamic
• Tomato Cucumber Olive Salad
• Couscous

You might also love these other Chicken recipes:

• Honey Mustard Chicken
• One Skillet Chicken and Cauliflower
• Extra Crispy Fried Chicken
• Roasted Chicken with Leeks

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Yield: 6 Servings

Author: Serena

Greek Chicken Marinade Recipe

Greek Chicken Marinade makes for the most amazing tender chicken with crispy skin and delicious flavor from Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch.

prep time: 5 Mcook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 H & 5 M

ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups Plain Yogurt
• 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1/3 cup Fresh Lemon Juice
• 2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
• 2 teaspoons Fresh Chopped Dill
• 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Rosemary
• 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Thyme
• 1 teaspoon Oregano
• 8 cloves Garlic Minced
• 3 pounds Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs

instructions:

How to cook Greek Chicken Marinade Recipe

1. Mix yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, herbs and garlic until well combined.
2. Cover chicken and marinade for at least 2 hours or overnight.
3. To make baked greek chicken preheat oven to 425 degrees.
4. Place chicken on a rimmed baking and discard leftover marinade.
5. Bake for 1 hour basting every 20 minutes with pan juices, or until chicken reaches 170 degrees. 
6. For Chicken Breast bake to 165 degrees.

Calories
669.86

Fat (grams)
42.37

Sat. Fat (grams)
9.53

Carbs (grams)
6.86

Fiber (grams)
0.45

Net carbs
6.41

Sugar (grams)
4.39

Protein (grams)
62.94

Sodium (milligrams)
1006.08

Cholesterol (grams)
319.17

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