Greek Chicken Bowls
These simple greek chicken bowls pack a lot of flavor and textures into one easy to make meal. These bowls are perfect for meal prep, loaded with veggies and homemade tzatziki.
If you are looking for a quick and easy dinner recipe, you’ve come to the right place! My gluten free chicken tikka masala, chicken bolognese and these Greek Chicken Bowls are a weeknight favorite.
You can meal prep all of the ingredients (same with my chili lime chicken bowls!) and have them ready to go for a grab and go lunch you can take to work or school. These bowls have lots of flavor and are totally customizable. You can make them dairy free, low carb or turn them into a salad for a simple lunch.
If you love this recipe, try my Mediterranean Chickpea Pasta Salad, crispy chicken tacos or Thai Curry Chicken Meatballs next!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Easy to make
- Perfect for meal prep
- High protein
- Packed with flavor
How to make greek chicken bowls
Whisk together all ingredients for the chicken marinade. Pound the chicken to about 1/2 inch thick and add to a shallow bowl or ziplock bag.
Let marinate for at least 30 minutes, or up to a few hours.
Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for the tzatziki and set aside. Prep the rice and veggies. A greek bowl will traditionally have olives, but I’m not a big fan so I left them out. Feel free to add some pitted olives to each bowl as well!
Once the chicken is done marinating, preheat your air fryer to 380 and air fry on one side for 7 minutes, then flip and cook for 3-4 more minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 Fahrenheit.
If you do not have an air fryer, heat a skillet with oil or butter over medium/low heat and fry on side for 7-8 minutes, then flip and fry on the other side until golden and the temperature reaches 165 Fahrenheit.
Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes away from the heat, then slice.
Assemble your bowls with the rice, veggies, sliced chicken, tzatziki. I like to drizzle on some olive oil and lemon juice as well! Also delicious with a drizzle of my lemon tahini dressing. Enjoy and try my Greek salmon bowls next!
Key ingredients
These bowls are loaded with so many great flavors and textures. We’ll start with marinated lemon herb chicken and either rice or quinoa.
If you want the bowls to be low carb and want more veggies, you can use cauliflower rice or just stick with the veggies and make this more of a greek salad. Next, add all of the fun toppings to add some crunch and flavor!
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Tomatoes: I used grape, but cherry are also great!
Cucumber: Adds some nice crunch and fresh flavor.
Red onion: I used raw red onion, but pickled red onion is great here.
Feta cheese: If you are dairy free, just leave this out or sub for a vegan feta! But it’s so good in any greek inspired dish like my greek meatball bowls!
Homemade tzatziki: An easy and high protein recipe made with a base of greek yogurt. Perfect with my baked chicken skewers next!
Meal prep these bowls!
If you want to prep the bowls in advance, you definitely can since all ingredients will store well in the fridge. I like to prep all of the ingredients early in the week so the bowls are ready to go until you are ready to eat. Same with my cilantro lime chicken bowls!
Once the chicken is prepared, it will keep in the fridge for about 3 days. You can reheat the chicken or serve everything cold. Cold quinoa is better than cold rice, so keep this in mind if you aren’t planning on re-heating!
Make it dairy free
You can make these greek chicken bowls dairy free by swapping the feta for dairy free feta (or leaving it out) and using a plant-based greek yogurt in place of the regular.
For dairy free greek yogurt, I really like Kite Hill. Just be sure to use the plain and not vanilla! You can also omit the tzatziki and just use my tahini dressing for a creamy sauce on top!
More gluten free bowl recipes
- Honey Sriracha Salmon Bowls
- Teriyaki Tofu Bowls
- Chicken Fajita Burrito Bowl
- Teriyaki Chicken Bowl
- Hot Honey Chicken Bowls
- Mediterranean Chopped Salad
- Lemon Pepper Chicken Bowls
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Greek Chicken Bowls
by: claire cary
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1 ¼ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tabespoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Bowl
- 2 cups cooked rice or quinoa
- 2 cups halved grape or cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups diced or chopped cucumber
- 4 cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 1 cup sliced red onion
- ½ cup feta
Tzatziki
- 1 cup plain greek yogurt
- ½ cup grated cucumber
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill
Instructions
- Whisk together all ingredients for the chicken marinade.
- Pound the chicken to about 1/2 inch thick and add to a shallow bowl or ziplock bag with the marinade.
- Let marinate for at least 30 minutes, or up to a few hours.
- Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for the tzatziki and set aside.
- Prep the rice and veggies. A greek bowl will traditionally have olives, but I’m not a big fan so I left them out. Feel free to add some pitted olives to each bowl as well!
- Once the chicken is done marinating, preheat your air fryer to 380 and air fry on one side for 7 minutes, then flip and cook for 3-4 more minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 Fahrenheit.
- If you do not have an air fryer, heat a skillet with oil or butter over medium/low heat and fry on side for 7-8 minutes, then flip and fry on the other side until golden and the temperature reaches 165 Fahrenheit.
- Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes away from the heat, then slice.
- Assemble your bowls with the rice, veggies, sliced chicken, tzatziki. I like to drizzle on some olive oil and lemon juice as well! Also delicious with a drizzle of my lemon tahini dressing. Enjoy!
Notes
Comments
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Very good. Would def make again.
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Delicious! Easy recipe and nice leftovers for lunch!
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This was sooo yummy. Really easy and I just used rotisserie chicken because that’s what we needed to use up. I added in the ingredients and pan fried it. It was delicious and the tzatziki sauce is my new fave. Highly recommend and thank you so much!
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Perfect! Glad you made it work with the rotisserie. Thanks, Jade!
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The chicken came out perfectly! I haven’t made chicken like this in the air fryer yet, but I’m definitely going to do it more often. Really good flavors!
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Thank you, Tara!
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Love this recipe. The marinade was awesome and made the chicken very flavorful. It took me a bit longer to cook it in the air fryer which made it a little dry. I think next time I’ll pan fry it instead. I used a different tzatziki with harissa because my fiance doesn’t like dill and it paired perfectly. Gonna throw this in the rotation for sure.
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Yay! Thank you, Amanda!
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Just made this for dinner tonight and it was a hit! Loved the marinade. I made it with quinoa and it was delicious
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Perfect! Thanks, Elizabeth!
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Could you use regular whole milk yogurt instead of the Greek yogurt for the sauce?
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That should be fine!
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This recipe was fantastic! Love the chicken marinade and tzatziki sauce. The whole family loved it.
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Thank you, Christina!
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This was simple, light, and delicious!! Love the tzatziki sauce!! Really good, and simple directions. Recommend trying!
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This turned out so good! I marinated the chicken for about an hour and that was the perfect amount of time. Also loved the tzatziki sauce! Thank you for the yummy recipe 🙂
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Perfect! So glad you love it!
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So easy and quick!! I’m always looking for new ways to cook chicken for my picky family and this recipe did not disappoint!! Definitely making this again, maybe next time chicken on the grill! 😋
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So good on the grill too! Glad the family loved it 🙂
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Just made this tonight for dinner and oh. my. gosh. This is my new favorite bowl!! So packed full of flavor. I did use premade spinach Parmesan tzatziki from Aldi out of convenience. Added some whole roasted garlic cloves and Kalamata olives. The flavor on this chicken is bomb! And it’s so fresh and delicious. My 10 year old daughter was begging for seconds! Thank you for this wonderful, healthy recipe!
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Thank you, Molly! So glad you both enjoyed it 🙂
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This was excellent and everyone raved about the flavors!
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Love to hear it! Thanks, Hilary!
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Delicious and easy!! So good!
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Absolutely amazing! The little spice with the chicken combined with the sauce is incredible. It’s extremely fulfilling too. Definitely one of my favorites!
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Thank you, Jena!
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