Greek Chicken

One of mine and Tim's favorites. It takes a little bit of prep work but is so worth it!

GREEK CHICKEN

Marinade: Coats about 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast cubed (4-5 breast)

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/4 cup olive oil

1 Tbsp garlic cloves minced

2 tsp dried thyme

2 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Mix all the ingredients and then add chicken cubes. Coat well and then cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours and a max of 6 hours ( any more and the yogurt will break the protein in the chicken down too much and make it mushy)

Remove chicken from marinade and thread onto skewers. You can also skewer bell peppers and red onion (or sweet onion) on a separate skewer to go alongside the chicken. I also like to do mushroom and little tomatoes. The veggies will cook faster or longer, depending on the vegetable, then the chicken, so don't skewer them together.

Grill over high heat until chicken is cooked through, roughly 8-10 minutes total. Grill veggies too.

Whisk a 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1 tsp fresh garlic minced, 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil and 3 Tbsp lemon juice in a small bowl. Brush over chicken and veggies when they come off the grill. I like to make a recipe and a half of this because it's so good and I like to put lots of it on.

Serve with Yogurt-herb dipping sauce, or purchased tzatziki

Yogurt-Herb dipping sauce

1 cup plain yogurt

3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1 garlic clove minced

1 Tbsp minced fresh basil

1 Tbsp minced fresh mint

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded and chopped fine

Whisk yogurt, oil ,lemon juice, garlic, basil, mint, salt and pepper in a bowl. Stir in cucumber, cover and refrigerate until flavors blend, about 30 minutes.

Rice pilaf.

I make a simple rice pilaf with half a cup of orzo ( you can find at the grocery store in the pasta section or at Trader Joes) and half a cup of rice. Pour about 2 cups of chicken stock or broth over the rice and add a pat of butter, some salt and pepper. You can make it stove top or in a rice cooker. You don't have to use the butter.

To Serve put the rice pilaf in a bowl, then unskewer all the veggies and chicken  on top of the rice family style. Serve with Pita bread.
We like to put the rice/chicken mix into the pita and top it the yogurt sauce almost like a taco.

Enjoy this meal is delicious!!!!!