Greek Marinated Chicken
Recipe: #20460
August 05, 2015
Categories: Dinner, Main Dish, Poultry, Chicken, Greek, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Kid Pleaser, One-Pot Meal, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, July 4th, Picnic, Summer, Sunday Dinner, Winter, Weeknight Meals, Grilling (Outdoor), Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, High Protein, Bone-in Pieces, Spring more
"The marinade takes just a few minutes to prepare, and creates an absolute explosion of incredible flavor! I only marinated my chicken in this magical mix for 30 minutes, but the flavor was still loud and clear. You can grill the chicken outdoors over a gas or charcoal flame, or if you don’t have a grill, you can bake it in the oven. Either way, you’ll get super flavorful and moist pieces of chicken that the whole family will love! PLEASE NOTE: This recipe is extra garlicky, so if you're not into heavy garlic flavor, use 2 cloves instead of 4."
Original recipe yields 8 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (265 g)
- Calories 309.8
- Total Fat - 12.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.7 g
- Cholesterol - 180.6 mg
- Sodium - 349.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 1.1 g
- Protein - 39.6 g
- Calcium - 73.8 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
FOR THE MARINADE
Step 1
Combine yogurt, olive oil, minced garlic, oregano, salt, and freshly cracked pepper in a bowl.
Step 2
Use a fine holed cheese grater or a zester to scrape the thin layer of yellow zest from the lemon skin into the bowl.
Step 3
Add the juice from half of the lemon, about 1-2 tablespoons.
Step 4
Stir until everything is well mixed.
Step 5
Roughly chop a big handful, or about 1/4 bunch of parsley, and add it into the marinade. Stir.
Step 6
Add chicken pieces and marinade the chicken in a gallon sized Zip-Lock baggie. Remove as much air as possible when closing the bag, and massage the bag to mix the contents, and make sure the chicken is well coated.
Step 7
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Step 8
After marinating for 30 minutes, either cook the chicken on a grill OR preheat the oven to 375 degrees F, to bake the chicken in the oven.
TO BAKE THE CHICKEN
Step 9
Place chicken pieces in a large 9x13 inch casserole dish. Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until chicken is golden brown on top.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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