Community Pick
Chicken Souvlaki
"This is one of our favorites - make it almost weekly!! Preparation time includes marinade time."
photo by shimmerchk
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, cut into strips
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 lemon, juice of
- vegetable oil, same amount to match the lemon juice
directions
- Place the chicken in a bowl and add oregano, garlic powder, seasoning salt and pepper.
- Toss to coat.
- Marinate in fridge for at least 30 minutes -the longer the better.
- In the meantime, if you are going to use wooden skewers, soak them for 30 minutes. This prevents them from burning on the BBQ.
- Squeeze the lemon and then add an equal amount of vegetable oil.
- Skewer chicken onto wooden or metal skewers.
- BBQ chicken skewers until done.
- Mix the oil and lemon mixture until "creamy" and drizzle over the hot chicken - do this as soon as they come off the grill.
- Serve and enjoy!
- **on a side note - if you own a George Foreman, grill this recipe works very well on it!
Questions & Replies
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Can this be made hours (or a day) ahead of time? Will it reheat well? Should the sauce be added immediately after cooking, or just before serving? I have a large dinner party and would like to have as much as possible prepared ahead of time.
Reviews
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AMAZING! I cannot believe how flavorful my chicken was w/ just those 4 spices plus lemon! I used skinless, bone-in thighs that marinated 24 hours. I grilled whole, over medium-high heat, 8 min. per side, to internal temp of 175F. Drizzled w/ 1/8 cup of lemon juice and 1/8 cup oil. Served w/ Recipe #83189, Recipe #66596, Recipe #87782, and grilled lemons. This was one of the best meals I have ever served! Can't wait to make again. Thank you for a great recipe!!! -
What a beautifully simple and fabulously tasting recipe! My husband does not like things that are too "lemon-y" , but he LOVED this recipe. We ate ours with hummus, tzaziki sauce and pitas- that is it!! Thanks so much for posting. We cooked ours indoors on the cast iron skillet and it turned out great. -
One of two recipes we tried on the grill last week. This was definitely the better of the two. Moist, flavorful chicken. Definitely a keeper. Thanks. -
Awesome recipe! Going in the keeper file. We had it in pitas, with toms, cukes, red onion, tzaziki and hummous, Yum!! Thanks for the great recipe!
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Great chicken. Very easy. I cook it on the George Foreman.
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Tweaks
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The chicken came out really tender, which I liked but it lacked any distinct flavor. I cut my chicken into pieces, added all the ingredients together, put in a ziplock, shook and made sure everything was covered and let it sit in the fridge overnight. <br/><br/>I thought this would be long enough to let the flavor set in, but after grilling, it really didn't taste like anything but moist chicken. I also used olive oil instead of vegetable oil. -
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this. I used olive oil instead of vegetable oil and left out the salt. I also put the oil and lemon juice in to marinate with the other spices. I left it in the refrigerator for about two hours and then put it on the grill. It was very easy and tasted great.
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I used chicken tenders, rather than cutting breasts into strips. Also used a couple of cloves of minced fresh garlic instead of garlic powder. Great stuff--thanks for the recipe! -
What wonderful chicken!!! I can't believe how minimal ingredients tasted so....good. The only change I made was using olive oil instead of vegetable oil. Seved it with Mean's Tzatziki sauce wrapped in a pita, along with Kittencal's Greek Salad.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Graybert
Canada
