This lemony Greek baked chicken is easy to make. Just marinate the night before and bake the next day. It’s full of delicious lemon, oregano and garlic flavors of the Mediterranean.
So it’s a new year and I’m starting it off with some healthy recipes. Today’s is a lemony Greek baked chicken. I made this because I wanted to add some baked chicken to the freezable lunches I made for this week and it was very tasty! The marinade is simple, bright and full of lemon flavor resulting in a tasty but healthy chicken dish.
I made the marinade in the blender because I wanted to get all the juice out of the lemon. I peeled the lemons as well as zested one and threw it in the blender with some olive oil, garlic and spices. Lemons are not easy to peel. I learned that today. You can’t peel them like oranges so I cut off the ends and then cut them in half. From there I cut away the peels as best as I could. If you don’t want to go through all this trouble you can just use the juice but make sure you juice them well.
Place your chicken breasts in a container for marinating or ziplock bag and pour your marinade over them. I love this container
for marinating fish and meat. I inherited it from my mother. It comes in handy because we often brine large pieces of salmon to make our smoked salmon recipe. It would be much harder to do that in a ziplock bag so that is why I like it so much. But for this recipe if you don’t have one, just use a ziplock bag. Also you can marinate it overnight or you can do it first thing in the morning to eat in the evening. I would suggest at least 4-5 hours.
Pop it in the oven for about 30 minutes. If it’s not as brown as you like (mine wasn’t) set it under the broiler for a few minutes. Try not to over cook this if you are freezing for your lunches.
And that is all there is to this lemony Greek baked chicken. As I said I made this for my lunches but it made so much I even froze some for soup as well. I hope you enjoy this dish and if you know a better way to peel a lemon, please drop me a comment and let me know. 😉
Nutrition per serving: cals = 333 / fat= 14.7g / carbs= 0.7g / protein = 47.1g (Please note, this calculation is based on getting 3 servings per chicken breast. The chicken pieces I used were very larger and so I determined it to be 12 servings for my freezable lunch post. Please use this nutritional information as a guide.)

Lemony Greek Chicken Bake
Ingredients
- zest of 1 lemon
- 3 lemons peeled
- 2 large cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 4 chicken breasts
Instructions
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In a blender add your lemons, zest, garlic and spices.
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Blend on high.
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Lay your chicken breasts in a <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LBY0XM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004LBY0XM&linkCode=as2&tag=wildviolethyme&linkId=GZK4JTN2TLG6QW2T" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">container for marinating</a></strong><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=wildviolethyme&l=as2&o=1&a=B004LBY0XM" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /> or ziplock bag.
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Pour over the marinade, cover or seal. Refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours.
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Preheat oven to 375.
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Place the chicken in a baking dish and pour marinade over top.
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Bake for 30 minutes.
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Broil for 4 or until the tops are browned. Make sure the chicken is cooked.
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Let set for 5 minutes or so.
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Patti
I love the combination of lemon and chicken. I like that your recipe doesn’t contain thyme like so many lemon chicken recipes. I’m not a big fan of thyme. This recipe sounds delicious.
Denise
Thanks for stopping by Patti!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life
We’re definitely trying this, Denise. This is right up my alley…love the flavors the recipe! Pinning! Can’t wait to try it!
Denise
Thanks Michelle!
Michelle
This looks like a simple and delicious meal that even the kids can make. I love lemon and this is sure to be a winner!
Denise
Hi Michelle, I seem to be using lemon all the time. I love it too!
Cathy
Creamy, and delicious! The perfect dinner dish! I am going to give this a try for tomorrow night’s dinner! 🙂
Cathy
Denise
Enjoy Cathy!
Caroline | carolinescooking
Anything with lemon is good in my mind and I love the Greek seasoning too. Yum!
Analida's Ethnic Spoon
I love the flavors on this! Pinned!
Faye Wilkerson
So much flavor added to this chicken. Can’t wait to try this recipe.
Denise
Thanks Faye!
Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom
Denise, these flavors are awesome and I love, love, how easy this is!! Thanks for sharing!!
Denise
Thanks for stopping by Kristen!