Greek Chicken, either Seasoned with Greek Seasoning and cooked or Marinated before being cooked. Either way you do it, make sure you have a good Greek Seasoning. Use Cavender’s All Purpose Greek Seasoning for this recipe.

There are actually many types of Greek Chicken. This recipe is your classic one, or at least the kind we think of when we say Greek Chicken. This is a marinade of Oil, Lemon Juice, Garlic with Yogurt and some Greek Seasoning, optionally with White Wine.

Chicken

Use Chicken Quarters, Thighs or Legs. Check out my post on How to Prepare Chicken for how to clean the Thigh section from the internal organs in the backbone section.

Whether to leave the skin on or remove it is a matter of preference. You can also score the chicken if desired and allow the marinade to get in deeper.

Greek Chicken Seasoning

Cavender’s All Purpose Greek Seasoning is an excellent seasoning blend. More Greek Seasoning is sprinkled on when the Chicken is ready to be served, or some Lemon Pepper.

Greek Chicken with Bukovo Peppers

Add a smidge of Heat through Bukovo Peppers and/or Cubeb Peppers. Not too much, just enough to elevate the flavors with a small amount of heat. Just a pinch of one or the other, or both together. These do a very nice job at accenting the flavors.

Greek Chicken with Cubeb Peppers

Cubeb Peppers are surprisingly very good with Greek Chicken, just in small amounts. But it contributes a flavor profile that is really pleasing.

Greek Chicken Rub

This is the easiest and quickest to put together. Simply brush the Chicken with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and season with Greek Seasoning. Bake in the oven at 375 F for 45 minutes, flipping halfway through. Shut the oven off but leave the chicken in for another 15–20 minutes before serving.

Sprinkle more Greek Seasoning or some Lemon Pepper on before serving or as an option to add at the table along with some Lemon Wedges.

Greek Chicken Marinade

The marinade is made with Garlic, Lemon Juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Yogurt & Greek Seasoning.

• 1 Head of Garlic
• 1/4 C Lemon Juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Yogurt.
• 1 Tbl of Greek Seasoning with any additional Herbs & Spices desired.
• 1 Tbl of White Wine – optional.

Marinate whole pieces of chicken for at least 2 hours. Diced chicken breast for 30 minutes to 2 hours.

How to make Greek Chicken Marinade

This is the technique I use instead of just throwing everything together. I find it creates a wicked marinade that just has it all.

The beautiful thing about this technique is that you can peel 1 head of Garlic pretty fast and the Garlic gets puréed right into the liquids like an Aioli. Creating a fantastic marinade, much better than just chopping up the Garlic and adding everything in.

You will need a Stick Blender & Jar just wide enough to fit the blender in.

1. Place 1 head of Garlic Cloves into a Jar. Cover with a lid and shake it like you mean it.
2. Empty & Clean the Jar out, placing the peeled Garlic cloves back into the Jar.
3. Add 1/4 C Lemon Juice with 1 Tbl of White Wine if using. Place the Immersion blender in and purée.
4. Add the Oil and purée again.
5. Empty into a marinating bowl and add 1/4 C Yogurt, 1 Tbl of Greek Seasoning with any additional Herbs & Spices desired.