Baked Greek Chicken
Baked Greek Chicken is one of the easiest chicken recipes you’ll ever make! Boneless skinless chicken breasts are nestled in ingredients straight from your pantry with a few fresh additions and then baked to perfection! This flavorful goodness can be ready in about 45 minutes!
Why This Recipe is a Keeper!
You’ll want this easy Greek Baked Chicken recipe in your back pocket for those nights when you crave a delicious and wholesome meal without the fuss. The simplicity of this Baked Greek Chicken allows you to enjoy a homemade, restaurant-worthy dish on the busiest of evenings.
The combination of aromatic herbs, tender chicken, and flavorful Greek-inspired ingredients such as lemon, olive oil, olives, roasted peppers, tomatoes, and feta cheese makes it a go-to option for a quick and satisfying dinner.
This Baked Greek Chicken recipe is:
- Super, super simple, and foolproof!
- Made with ingredients you may already have on hand in your pantry.
- Overall very healthy!
How to Make Baked Greek Chicken:
Recipe Ingredients:
Here’s everything you’ll need to make this easy Baked Greek Chicken recipe. See the recipe card below for the exact quantities.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions:
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts: This Baked Greek Chicken recipe calls for two boneless skinless chicken breast halves. A whole breast is considered two halves. You can also use chicken tenders or boneless skinless chicken thighs. Chicken tenders won’t take as long to bake as a half breast or thighs.
- Olive Oil: Use an extra-virgin olive oil meant for everyday use.
- Lemon Juice: Fresh is always best! You can substitute 2 tablespoons of dry white wine for lemon juice.
- Roasted Peppers: I used my roasted mini peppers and the garlic. However, you don’t need to make those first if you don’t want to. You can use a good brand of roasted red bell peppers from a jar, then add fresh garlic.
- Kalamata Olives: Kalamata olives are almond-shaped and have a deep purple-brown hue. If using pitted Kalamata olives, check them for pit fragments as they’re mechanically pitted.
- Feta Cheese: If you’re not a Feta fan, use crumbled goat cheese, but the Feta gives it more Greek flair.
Step-By-Step Instructions:
- Gather and prep all the ingredients.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, salt and black pepper in the bottom of a baking dish.
- Place the chicken breasts in the baking dish, then turn to coat so they’re nicely coated with the oil/lemon juice/herb combination.
- Place the roasted peppers, garlic from the peppers, cherry tomatoes, and olives around the chicken breasts.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees in the center of each breast.
- Sprinkle with feta cheese and parsley. Serve immediately.
- Done and delish!!
Chef Tip:
- As mentioned in the Ingredient Notes, I used my roasted mini peppers in this Baked Greek Chicken recipe, which I highly recommend you make and use here. They add marvelous flavor because they’re marinated in a flavorful blend of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, herbs, and garlic. Especially pretty with multicolor peppers!
Recipe FAQs:
Yes, but I suggest you not bake it ahead of time and reheat it because it will take about the same amount of time to reheat as it would to bake through. You can prep it 24 hours in advance and refrigerate. Let it sit at room temperature while the oven preheats. You may need to add additional baking time because it will still be cold from the refrigerator.
If there is a substantial amount of lemon juice in the recipe, you don’t want to marinate longer than 1 to 2 hours because the acid tends to denature the chicken. Because this Baked Greek Chicken recipe only uses 1 tablespoon, it won’t affect the chicken adversely if prepped 24 hours in advance.
Storage:
- Store any leftovers in the refrigerator. Slice the leftover chicken into 1/3 to 1/2-inch slices, then reheat in the oven or toaster oven at 350 degrees until heated to 165 degrees.
Serve these Baked Greek Chicken Breasts with:
- Greek Cucumber Salad
- Greek Green Beans
- Riced Cauliflower
- Smashed Potatoes
- Parmesan Crusted Crushed Turnip Recipe
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- Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs
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Baked Greek Chicken
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper - to taste
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1/2 cup roasted mini peppers - drained, plus some of the garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes - or grape tomatoes
- 1/4 cup pitted and halved Kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
- Chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, and salt and black pepper in the bottom of a baking dish.
- Place the chicken breasts in the baking dish, then turn to coat so they're nicely coated with the oil/lemon juice/herb combination.
- Place the roasted peppers, garlic from the peppers, cherry tomatoes and olives around the chicken breasts.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees in the center of each breast.
- Sprinkle with feta cheese and parsley. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
- You can also use chicken tenders or boneless skinless chicken thighs.
- I used my roasted mini peppers and the garlic from the jar. However, you don’t need to make them first if you don’t want to. You can use a good brand of roasted red bell peppers from a jar. Add a few halved fresh garlic cloves.
- You can prep it 24 hours in advance and refrigerate. (I don’t recommend baking it ahead of time and then reheating it because it will take about the same amount of time to reheat as it would to bake through.)
- Let it sit at room temperature while the oven preheats. You may need to add additional baking time because it will still be cold from the refrigerator.
Nutrition
These are estimated values generated from a nutritional database using unbranded products. Please do your own research with the products you’re using if you have a serious health issue or are following a specific diet.
Fabulous! Love these ingredients!
Thanks so much, Mimi! Hope you enjoy!
This is going to be great (and easy), thanks for posting. One question, what do you think about roasting the cherry tomatoes along with the mini peppers (I really like the added sweetness they impart when roasted)?
Hi, Bill, Nice to hear from you and thanks for your question. I think you could do that but you’ll probably end up with more of a sauce–not a bad thing–just a different way of doing it. If you give that a try, please let me know how it goes.
Baked Greek Chicken is so delicious! My new favorite!
Hi, Joy, Thanks so very much and nice to hear from you! Appreciate the nice comment and your taking the time to rate.
Carol, This was the perfect recipe for when I hosted my college roommates & spouses for dinner! Loved that I could prep it ahead of time, it was so flavorful and I could use some of our many cherry tomatoes! Used chicken thighs. Rave reviews from everyone!
Hi, Margo, How nice to hear from you! Thanks so much and happy everyone enjoyed! I saw the photos on FB; what a nice get-together. Thanks again so much and for taking the time to come back and comment and rate.
Loved this recipe. I added quartered artichoke hearts too.
Hi, Jerred, Thanks so much and happy you enjoyed! Appreciate your taking the time to come back and comment and rate.
I am from the East Coast and the Greek potatoes that come with the Greek chicken dinner in all of restaurants are absolutely delicious. I cannot find the Greek potato recipe that all of the restaurants serve with the Greek chicken dinners in all of the restaurants with the yellow and Greek seasoning nice and strong through. What am I doing wrong or not doing right ?Thank you 🥔🥔🥔🇬🇷
Hi, BM, Thanks so much for your question. My food blogging friend Jenny over at The Greek Foodie has a recipe you may want to try: . She also has a recipe for the Greek chicken and potatoes. I believe she’s in New York and very Greek so she would know. Thanks again and hope you find what you’re looking for!
Hi Carol,
Looks absolutely wonderful, although neither of us can eat the roasted peppers. What would you suggest In place of them. Marinated artichokes, maybe?
Pam
Hi, Pam, Thanks so much for your question. Marinated artichoke hearts would be a great substitute. You could also bump up the amount of the tomatoes; it’s really a forgiving recipe. Thanks again and hope you enjoy!
Another great recipe. I made it with the homemade roasted mini peppers. They were so good! I will be making them regularly. So much better than jarred.
Hi, Dianne, Thanks so very much and so happy you love this recipe! Love that you made the mini peppers first; they really are wonderful. Appreciate your taking the time to come back and comment.
Wow! This is winner! Don’t let the simplicity of the recipe fool you into thinking it’s not packed with great flavor! I used the suggested Roasted Mini Peppers, they enhance the dish perfectly! Ingredients always readily available in my pantry! No tweaks needed but certainly easy to adapt to your own favorite herbs, jarred peppers or sundried tomatoes! Flavorful midweek dish! Enjoy this one soon!
Hi, Jim, Thanks so very much and so happy you love this recipe! Coming from another chef, that means a lot! You’re absolutely right, this recipe is super adaptable to other ingredients. Thanks again and appreciate your taking the time to come back and comment.
Fantastic! Such a delicious flavour!
Hi, Silvia, Thanks so very much and so happy you enjoyed! By your last name, I would guess there’s some Greek heritage so your approval means even more! Thanks again and appreciate your taking the time to come back and comment.