I have to say these easy to make Greek Rice Bowls are by far my favourite dinner right now. The chicken and the rice go perfectly with all of the Greek flavoured toppings and best of all the side of pita bread.
I got the idea to make these Chicken Greek Bowls from my Crispy Salmon Sushi Bowls and Taco Bowls that we have regularly for dinner and work lunch. The kids love them and it's a great way to use up any leftovers you might have.
How to make the Greek Flavoured Chicken
I marinate the chicken using this Greek Yoghurt Marinade and then fry it on the barbeque, but you could easily use a frypan or oven to cook your chicken. You could even use a pre cooked BBQ chicken from Woolworths which would make for an easy dinner!
How to make the Greek Lemon Rice
You could use plain rice or any flavoured rice as you like but I love this lemon rice as its flavours go perfectly with the rest of the recipe. Cook the rice as you normally would either on the stovetop or in a rice cooker and just add these extra flavours
Ingredients
Feel free to use any ingredients you like and mix this recipe up to your own taste.
Greek Bowl
- Yoghurt marinated chicken or you could use a cooked BBQ chicken from Woolworths
- PITA or Naan bread (I only had naan bread on hand)
- Lemon greek rice
Toppings
- Greek yoghurt
- Lemon slices
- Fresh parsley
- Feta cheese
- Greek Salsa - Finely chopped cucumber, tomato, red onion mixed together with a dash of lemon juice and salt and pepper.
See the recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Mix all of the greek yoghurt marinade together and cover the chicken.
Cook the lemon rice or plain rice.
Make the salsa.
Create your Greek Rice Bowl using all of your ingredients.
Greek Rice Bowls
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Ingredients
Greek Lemon Rice
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 3 cups Chicken Stock
- 1 Brown Onion diced
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- 2 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon Minced Garlic
- ¼ cup Fresh Chopped Parsley
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Chicken Marinade
- 2 Chicken breast, thigh or whole chicken
- 2 cups Greek yoghurt
- 2 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon Olive oil
- 2 tablespoon Fresh parsley Chopped finely
- 2 tablespoon Oregano dried
- 2 tablespoon Thyme dried
- 2 tablespoon Minced garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
Greek Salsa
- 2 Tomatoes
- 1 Red onion
- 1 Cucumber
- 2 tablespoon Lemon juice
- ¼ cup Fresh Parsley chopped
- Salt & pepper
Toppings
- PITA or Naan bread I only had naan bread on hand
- Lemon slices
- Plain greek yoghurt
- Greek Feta crumbled
Instructions
Greek Lemon Rice
- Rinse rice until water runs clear. Using a saucepan on a medium heat, add oil and butter. Add diced onion and minced garlic to the saucepan. Simmer for 2 minutes while stirring. Add rice and simmer for a further minute. Add lemon juice, chicken stock salt and pepper. Allow it to come to a simmer (the edges should be bubbling and rice foaming)Place on the lid, turn down to low and continue to cook for 12 minutes (do not remove the lid). Remove from heat and allow to sit with the lid on for 5 minutes. Fluff up the rice with a fork and add chopped parsley. Serve with a slice of lemon.
Chicken Marinade
- Combine all of the marinade ingredients together. Cover chicken in marinade and cook chicken as desired.
Greek Salsa
- Combine together finely diced tomato, onion, cucumber with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Assemble Greek Bowl
- Add rice to a bowl and top with chicken, salsa, lemon slices, greek yoghurt and naan bread.
The nutritional information provided is computer generated and is only an estimate. This data is provided as a courtesy for informational purposes only.
Dee
Just cooked up this recipe tonight and it was delicious. Definitely a winner and even had my son make it with me. I'll be repeating this recipe
Jess
We had this for dinner last night and absolutely loved it! The salsa adds a beautiful freshness and overall the flavours are just so good.
Gemma
When do I add the thyme & oregano to the rice, please?
Violet
Hi sorry I’m super late to reply 😅😞 but you need to add it when your mixing the marinade and then you just put the marinade on the chicken the rest is on the recipe I hope this helped! 🙂