Greek-style Dinner Bowl

Serves:

4

Preparation Time:

30 minutes

Cooking Time:

30 minutes

Ingredients

Chicken

4 chicken thigh fillets, skin on (if you can’t find these, buy chicken thigh cutlets with the bone in and remove the bone, or you can just use skinless boneless chicken fillets)

2 tablespoons olive oil

Spice Blend

Combine equal parts:  (For this recipe 2 teaspoons of each will suffice, but I recommend using a couple of tablespoons and storing the leftovers for next time.)
Smoked paprika
Ground cumin seed
Dried oregano leaves
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Table salt

Salad

½ punnet cherry or baby Roma tomatoes, halved
1 red onions, very finely diced
2 Lebanese cucumbers, quartered lengthways and cut into 1cm pieces
100 g feta, cubed
100 g mixed marinated pitted olives
½ bunch parsley, chopped
½ bunch mint, chopped

Salad Dressing

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon dried oregano leaves
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Rice

250 g packet cooked brown rice
½ bunch parsley, chopped
½ bunch mint, leaves chopped
1 bunch dill, leaved chopped
4 spring onions, finely sliced
1 lemon, zested and juiced
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
A few grinds of black pepper

Method

Chicken

  1. Sprinkle the skin side of the chicken generously with the spice blend.
  2. In a non-stick chef pan over medium-high heat, pour a generous amount of olive oil.
  3. Cook the chicken for around 6 minutes or until the skin is deeply golden.
  4. Turn and cook for a further 3 minutes or until cooked all the way through.
  5. Turn off the heat and allow the chicken to rest in the pan before slicing 1-2cm thick.


Salad

  1. Combine all ingredients except feta and olives together in a bowl.


Rice

  1. Combine all ingredients together in a bowl.


To assemble the bowls

  1. Pour the pan juices from the chicken over the rice and stir through.
  2. Divide the rice into 4 bowls.
  3. Place the sliced chicken on top.
  4. Put the salad to one side of the bowl and top with the feta and olives.
  5. This can be served while the chicken is hot, or chilled if there are leftovers for the next day.

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