Mediterranean
Greek Chicken Souvlaki Bowls
Greek Chicken Souvlaki Bowls is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 lemons
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tbsp chopped dill
- 2 tomatoes
- 1/2 red onion
- 3/4 cup crumbled feta
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Marinate the chicken in the olive oil, half the lemon juice, garlic, oregano, and salt for at least 20 minutes.
- Make tzatziki by mixing the yogurt with the grated cucumber (squeezed dry), dill, remaining lemon juice, and a pinch of salt.
- Thread the chicken onto skewers or leave it loose, and grill or pan-sear over medium-high heat until charred and cooked through, about 10 minutes.
- Divide the rice among four bowls.
- Top with the chicken, tomatoes, sliced cucumber, red onion, and feta.
- Add a dollop of tzatziki to each bowl and serve.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Greek Chicken Souvlaki Bowls carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Greek Chicken Souvlaki Bowls takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, rice, cucumber, and feta.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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