Greek Chicken and Lemon Rice is a 30-minute one-pot dinner packed with so much flavor! This Mediterranean recipe features spinach, grape tomatoes, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), feta cheese, paprika, and oregano. It’s healthy, gluten-free, protein-rich, and fiber-rich, and can be easily made dairy-free.
Greek Chicken and Lemon Rice with spinach, grape tomatoes, chickpeas, and feta cheese – in a cast iron skillet.
Greek Chicken and Lemon Rice
This is by no means an authentic Greek recipe, but it is certainly inspired by Greek ingredients and flavors! It definitely fits into the Mediterranean diet category – just like my popular Greek pasta salad, chicken feta pasta, and Greek shrimp orzo. Made with classic Greek ingredients, this chicken and rice skillet is not only delicious and very flavorful, but it also makes a great presentation! I used skinless, boneless chicken thighs (seasoned with paprika, oregano, and red pepper flakes) – they work so well in this recipe! The dark chicken meat is moist, flavorful, and very forgiving to cook. Serve Greek chicken and lemon rice with Greek salad or my apple spinach salad for a complete meal! If you enjoy Mediterranean rice skillets, you might also like this Mediterranean salmon and rice, and my chicken piccata orzo.
Greek Chicken and Lemon Rice with spinach, grape tomatoes, chickpeas, and feta cheese – in a cast iron skillet.
Why You’ll Love It
30-minute ONE-POT dinner. Greek chicken and lemon rice come together fast. The cleanup is minimal. It’s a perfect recipe for when you need something quick yet delicious on a busy weekday.
Perfect for meal prep. Because there is no cream in this recipe, it freezes and reheats really well!
Serve it as a main or side dish. With so many satisfying ingredients in this recipe (chicken, rice, chickpeas, and veggies), it certainly makes a great well-balanced main course. But, you could also present it as a side dish. You can slice the chicken even more thinly than I did, mix it with the lemon rice, and serve it as a chicken rice side dish.
What Kind of Chicken to Use?
Skinless boneless chicken thighs are the best choice here. They are flavorful, moist, and forgiving to cook. Do not discard the juices from the cooked chicken thighs – they will add so much flavor to the rice!
Skinless boneless chicken breasts or tenderloins are good choices, too, even though the white chicken meat is not as flavorful as chicken thighs.
I do not recommend bone-in chicken, such as skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs. It cooks much longer than skinless boneless chicken and is better suited for baking in the oven vs on the stovetop.
What Kind of Rice to Use?
Jasmine or basmati rice. Long-grain rice works the best here.
Brown rice will cook a little bit longer, but would work great, too.
Wild rice will take even longer to cook, but it will certainly fit well with the rest of the ingredients!
How to Make it Dairy-Free
Use vegan feta cheese. All other ingredients are dairy-free!
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