Lemony chicken over rice or greens — Mediterranean Chicken Bowl, Greek Chicken Gyros, Chicken Shawarma Bowl, Greek Chicken Rice Bowl — easy weeknight dinners.
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A delicious Mediterranean chicken bowl with fresh vegetables and tzatziki.
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Open in Pepper →A bowl dinner solves the hardest part of a weeknight: everybody gets what they want without you cooking three meals. Marinate chicken in lemon, olive oil, and garlic in the morning, and dinner is mostly assembly by six.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when the fridge has odds and ends — half a cucumber, a container of Greek yogurt, a few bell peppers — and they want something fresh instead of another casserole.
Every recipe here is built on chicken and a good sauce, from the Mediterranean Chicken Bowl with zucchini and tri-colored peppers to Greek Chicken Gyros, Greek Chicken and Roasted Lemon Potatoes, and Greek Chicken Gyro Bowls with Herb Feta Sauce.
Marinate at least 30 minutes
Lemon juice, olive oil, and minced garlic need 30 minutes to do anything; 4 hours in the fridge is better. Don't go past 8 hours or the lemon turns the chicken mealy.
Use thighs for gyros
Boneless, skinless thighs stay juicy at higher heat and can sit 10 minutes under foil without drying out like breasts do.
Drain the cucumber
For tzatziki, grate the cucumber and squeeze it in a clean towel until no more water comes out, or the sauce goes runny in an hour.
Roast veggies hot
Zucchini, peppers, and potatoes brown best at 425°F on a single uncrowded sheet pan, about 25 minutes with one flip halfway.