Greek Oregano Braised Chicken Dinner Recipes

GREEK GARLIC CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND OREGANO

Steps:

• Lay your first chicken breast flat on a chopping board.
• Use a large sharp knife to cut sideways through the breast.
• Continue to cut through the chicken breast, keeping the knife flat and parallel to the chopping board, until you have two chicken fillets.
• Repeat with the remaining chicken breasts.
• Pour about half of the water into a saucepan and add the salt, sugar, dried oregano, peppercorns and peeled garlic. Heat over a medium heat until the salt and sugar have dissolved.
• Remove from the heat, squeeze the juice from the lemons into the brine, then add in the used skins.
• Add the remaining water to the brine and allow the mixture to fully cool.
• Once the mixture is cold, add the filleted chicken breasts and brine them for 3-5 hours.
• Pre-heat the oven to 400ºF/200ºC
• Heat the 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a large skillet.
• Add in 6 of the chicken breast fillets and cook over a high heat for 1-2 minutes until golden. Turn and repeat on the other side. Remove them from the pan and transfer to a large baking dish.
• Add the remaining oil to the skillet and cook the remaining 6 fillets in the same way. Transfer them to the baking dish.
• Thinly slice the garlic and scatter it around the chicken.
• Cut the lemon into small chunks and arrange it around the chicken.
• Sprinkle over the dried oregano and then pour over the chicken broth.
• Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. (see note 1)
• Remove the chicken and lemon pieces to a serving platter and mix the extra virgin olive oil with any juices that are left in the bottom of the pan.
• Serve drizzled the extra virgin olive oil dressing and chopped fresh parsley.
• Can be served hot or at room temperature.

GREEK CHICKEN DINNER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown chicken in 1 tablespoon oil. In a greased 9-in. square baking dish, place the carrots, potato and onion. Drizzle with remaining oil and toss to coat. Top with chicken., In a small bowl, combine the parsley, basil, oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Sprinkle over chicken and vegetables; drizzle with lemon juice. , Cover and bake at 375° for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear and vegetables are tender.