Greek Lemon Chicken with Rice Feta Salad & Tzatzki Recipe

Greek Lemon Chicken with Rice Feta Salad & Tzatzki Recipe

A flavorful Greek chicken and rice dish featuring marinated chicken that is griddle-sliced and served atop a bed of watercress. It’s accompanied by tzatziki and a refreshing salad made with rice, chili, red peppers, lemon, parsley, and feta.
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Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Greek
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Chicken

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 2 fillet chicken breasts
  • 2 tsp oregano (dried)
  • 1 whole lemon
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt (to taste)
  • 0.5 tub tzatziki
  • 35 grams feta cheese

Salad

  • 1 whole bell pepper (red)
  • 0.5 tsp oregano (dried)
  • 0.5 whole fresh chilli
  • 3 sprig fresh parsley
  • 1 cloves garlic
  • 0.5 whole lemon
  • 0.5 whole onions
  • 1 packet microwave brown rice
  • 30 grams watercress
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Make the marinade, squeeze the lemon(s) . mix together olive oil, juice of the lemon, oregano, salt & pepper in the rectangular pie dish
  • place the chicken breast on some cling film fold the cling film over the chicken and then using a rolling pin, bash the chicken till it is about 2 cms thick all over, place the chicken in the marinade, refrigerate for at least two hours preferably overnight
  • Take the chicken out of the fridge, heat the olive oil in the frying pan, peel and chop the onion(s) finely, add to the frying pan, cook till soft
  • wash and finely chop the chilli, add to the frying pan, peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely, add to the frying pan
  • warm the precooked rice by following the instructions, add to the frying pan, add the oregano
  • zest the lemon(s), squeeze the lemon(s) . add the lemon zest and juice to the frying pan, taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary, remove from the heat
  • wash and dice the red pepper, wash and finely chop the fresh parsley, Add the red pepper and parsley to the frying pan, mix the ingredients, set a side
  • add the marinated chicken to the griddle or frying pan, turning regularly, cook till the juices run clear, leave for 5 minutes, slice the chicken diagonally
  • cut the lemons into wedges, place one serving of rice onto a plate, place the watercress on the plate
  • place the chicken on top of the watercress, crumble the cheese over the top of the rice, serve with the tzatziki and a couple of lemon wedges
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