Greek Chicken and Cucumber Sauce

Submitted by Dancer

"Greek Chicken and Cucumber Sauce"

 

• Ready In: 25hrs 4mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Marinade

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken

• Cucumber Sauce

• 1 English cucumber, peeled, seeded and grated
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup skim milk yogurt
• 1⁄2 cup light mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 2 tablespoons of fresh mint, chopped (or 2 teaspoons dried mint)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced

directions

1. Combine marinade ingredients and pour over chicken.
2. Marinate in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
3. Remove chicken from marinade and grill over medium heat for 5 -7 minutes per side.
4. Serve with rice, or oven roasted potatoes, and cucumber sauce.
5. Makes 4 servings.
6. Tip: The marinade can also be used on strips of chicken.
7. After marinating, thread the strips onto skewers and grill for 5 - 7 minutes per side.

8. CUCUMBER SAUCE:

9. In a strainer mix cucumber and salt and set aside for at least 15 minutes.
10. Squeeze excess liquid from cucumber.
11. Blend grated cucumber with remaining sauce ingredients and refrigerate until needed.
12. Serve with Greek Chicken.
13. Tip: If you don't have a strainer put cucumber and salt in a double layer of paper coffee filters.
14. Gently squeeze the excess liquid out of the mixture.

Reviews

[monkeyscience]

Chicken is very tasty, and the sauce is excellent! Well, at least the way we make it. I use full-fat mayo and full-fat Greek yogurt. We eat it in a pita with feta cheese. (Lettuce and grilled onions would probably also be a good addition.)

 

[MaMere]

Made the chicken portion of this recipe and loved it! I cut my chicken breasts into large chunks to be grilled on skewers and marinated for 8 hours. Perfect served with brown rice and grilled zucchini,squash and carrots.

 

[SarasotaCook]

Very nice. I enjoyed the marinade and grilled the chicken which had a great flavor. I did change the cucumber sauce a bit adding some fresh lemon juice and no mayonnaise. I prefer greek yogurt for my sauce. I actually served mine in a Naan bread with, diced tomatoes and some crisp lettuce. It made a great sandwich. I could easily served it as a full meal as well. Very nice flavors. I had a light artichoke, olive salad as a small side dish. Thx for a nice recipe.

 

[Bekah]

Delish chicken. I didn't make the sauce, but the chicken is very flavorful and moist. Thanks!

 

[Melissa Bell]

Very nice:) I have a wheat allergy so this was a great recipe - completely wheat free. I added some homemade hummus. It was delicious!