GREEK LEMON CHICKEN is a must-make, super easy dinner recipe!

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Published 2023-07-23
This lemon chicken recipe is all about juicy, tender, and golden-baked chicken thighs coated with the best lemon-herb Greek marinade. It's quick to prep, easy to cook, and the results are fantastic!

If there is one chicken recipe I could live off of, it's this Greek lemon chicken. I'm a sucker for skin-on chicken thighs given how naturally juicy and flavorful they are. Plus, I love how it's virtually impossible to overcook chicken thighs in the oven. But this bright and herby lemon chicken marinade is what makes this dish so satisfying.

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00:00 Intro
00:33 Make the lemon vinaigrette dressing and marinate the chicken
01:45 Place the chicken thighs in a casserole dish and bake in the oven
02:39 Make the lemon herb rice from my cookbook!
04:13 Make the air fryer green beans from my website
04:48 Remove the chicken from the oven and plate it up
05:52 Taste test

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All Comments (21)
  • @Tallgrkguy407
    Being Greek, my dad made this chicken, including peeled quartered potatoes for yummy oven-roasted potatoes with the same flavor. Love all your recipes and have made a few. 😃
  • @adeelathar1992
    I'm a Pakistani and I love this dish, not only me, but my wife and kids too, made it myself twice at home and it's just an amazing tantalising food experience.❤
  • I’ve got a recipe for this. Thinly sliced potatoes to line the bottom of your roasting pan, place chicken thighs on top, sprinkle generously with thyme, a bit of salt and pepper (to taste), scatter cubed butter lumps over the top, squeeze lemon juice over the entire thing, and bake. Baste chicken occasionally. Serve with some lemon zest and the sauce. I usually pair mine with broad beans.
  • @emmanuel.mouz.
    I'm Greek , and I jump for joy when my mother and grandma cook this delicious meal! I agree that this is a must-make super easy recipe! Thank you for cooking meals of my country!🙂😘🇬🇷
  • If you add a 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt to the marinade, it would to take the flavor to a whole new level.
  • @cdcromwel
    Made this last night. My Wife said it was the best chicken I've ever made. We only tried it last night. Tonight I reheated it for dinner and made the basmati rice and green beans. Wow. Outstanding!! Thanks for the side dish recommendations. Loved it!!
  • @natalie_fayfay
    I just have to say....THANK YOU!!! My husband was literally amazed, the recipe was to the T perfect and we thoroughly enjoyed our dinner
  • I would like to offer another side dish for this chicken.. You take 4-8 potatoes (depends on how many you want to serve - even more if you need)...peel and cut each potato into 12 cube-sized pieces...put them in a casserole dish...add the juice of 1-2 fresh lemons...1-2 tablespoons of mustard...salt, pepper, oregano, 1-2 tablespoons of honey ...and the juice of as many fresh oranges as you need to cover the potatoes (ABSOLUTELY NO WATER...the potatoes bake in the orange juice, if the potatoes need more liquid to continue baking just add more orange juice)...olive oil.....bake at 180°C as long as needed for the potatoes to become soft.. (you can start with half covering the potatoes with the orange juice at the beginning and just keep adding more juice until the potatoes become nice and soft)....you can also add 3-4 whole cloves of garlic.......(I know the orange juice sounds a bit strange so make a small batch the first time you try this but believe me it is really tasty!!!)... Good night from Greece!! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!!
  • @bl00dyroar69
    Thank you so much for this wonderful and simple recipe. It was a hit tonight at my family dinner ❤️
  • @Frandalicious66
    I have noticed a pattern in my recipe searches and your channel comes up alot. Just ordered my cookbook and boy am I excited. I’ve made several recipes and they have never disappointed. THANK YOU 🙏
  • @gmknorton
    So simple and it looks absolutely delicious! Thanks for this quick weeknight meal!
  • @SiYDiY
    I just made it and it’s absolutely delicious. The prep was 5-10 minutes which is also great. Thank you for sharing 😊
  • I saved this recipe and made it on this beautiful Sunday evening. It is absolutely Delicious! The only thing that I did differently is that I added some rosemary and a few pats of butter to the chicken. There was so much pan drippings within the dish I decided to just use it to put over rice. I appreciate this recipe that will now be a staple in my home. Thankyou!
  • We made this for dinner tonight (added sliced potatoes). A meal fit for a king, it was absolutely delicious!💖🎉💖
  • @AnthonyWabo
    Simple is always better! I love Greek's approach to food - fresh, hearty, delicious!
  • @knbsd3876
    Love the way you handled biting into and enjoying the chicken!
  • @ericrorris6912
    my dad was half greek he used to make good greek chicken you have a good recepie for your greek chicken i am going to make it
  • @JulieB1387
    Made this tonight, it was delicious! Everyone loved it. Thank You!
  • @nokosha1
    Your cookbook is fabulous, I so enjoyed going through it and making several of your recipes. 😊