Greek Chicken Skewers with Tzatziki Dipping Sauce:
Delicious marinated chicken and a lip-smacking dipping sauce. This is perfect for lunches, a summer cook out, or any night of the week! I love these Greek Chicken Skewers for meal prep too!
Serve with Greek Cucumber Salad!
Two questions:
Greek Chicken Skewers with Tzatziki Dipping Sauce
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- Why are foods on sticks so much fun?
- Why are Greek flavors so amazing?
I mean, let’s talk about this for a second here. Something about sticks make food just so much more fun. But I want to tell you that you can make this chicken without using the skewer. Just marinate the whole chicken breast, and grill until it reaches an internal temp of 165 degrees. But that is beside the point. Stick foods. It is like fair food. Something about putting meat, or a dessert on a stick makes it just that much tastier! Hence the skewers.
Furthermore, they are great for summer grilling, for lunches and portion control, for kids, and for easy meal prep. So, no matter what time of year it is, these are great.
Now let’s talk about the Greek thing. Greek flavors are some of my favorite to cook with. Dill, mint, lemon, olives, hummus, greek yogurt, garlic, the list goes on and on. It is good stuff, especially because it is simple but impactful. Tzatziki, for example, so much flavor, but so simple. Great as a dip, a sauce, eaten with a spoon, etc. 
Anyway, these chicken skewers hit all the right notes for me. They are healthy. Easy. Flavorful. Fun. I love dipping them into the homemade tzatziki, but they are also great with a drizzle of lemon, served with brown rice, or put into a pita with tzatziki. The possibilities are endlessly delicious.
If you want to use them for meal prep, these are some of the favorite containers: Meal prep containers (Plastic) or Meal Prep Containers (Glass)
Enjoy!
More chicken recipes you might love:
- Greek Chicken Mea Prep Bowls
- Tandoori Chicken Wraps
- CA Avocado Sesame Ginger Chicken Salad
- Roast Chicken with Sheet Pan Tomato Sauce
- Cream Red Curry Chicken
Greek Chicken Skewers with Tzatziki Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs chicken breast cut into 1 inch cubes
- Skewers
Marinade
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 5-6 cloves of garlic
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves
- 2 Tbs dried oregano
- 2 Tbs fresh rosemary
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 1 Tbs red wine vinegar
Tzatziki
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and minced
- 3/4 cup peeled, seeded, finely diced cucumber
- 1/2 Tbs fresh dill chopped fine
- 1 tsp mint chopped fine (optional)
- 1 Tbs fresh lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put chunked chicken into a gallon sized ziplock bag.
- Place all marinade ingredients in a food processor, and process
- Pour marinade over chicken. Marinade for at least an hour.
- Pull out of fridge 15 minutes before you are ready to grill.
- If baking, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Put chicken on skewers.
- Oil the grates of the grill, then grill until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F. This takes approximately 15 minutes. Or bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare tzatiziki, by mixing all ingredients in a bowl.
- Serve chicken with tzatziki dipping sauce.
Nutrition
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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Lisa Huff says
Wow, looks sooo good!
Kerena says
Your instructions say “preheat oven to 400 degrees” and then it says to grill the chicken. At what point is the oven being used in this recipe? Is the grill supposed to be heated to 400? This looks delicious.
Rachael says
Kerena, Oh man, that means I missed a step. I was trying to include an option for cooking for those that do not have a grill. But yes, grill or oven at 400 degrees. Thanks for asking for clarification.
Megan says
Can you explain the nutritional info? Is that for all of the chicken and all of the dip? How is the marinade calculated into it? Making it now and it smells so amazingly good!!
Rachael says
The nutritional information is tricky on this one. The marinade is included in the nutritional info I shared. But I would recommend calculating it yourself based on what you use. I am not an expert on nutritional. Sorry!
Kim says
Look ? delish will try it
Michelle says
Had this dish tonight! It was delicious. I did change the marinade to only 1/4 cup of oil and added some water for the difference. I have three sons and they ate their plates clean!
Rachael says
Thank you for sharing, and that sounds like a great change. I will have to try that next time I make these Greek Chicken Skewers. They are a favorite amongst my kids as well.
Dianne Rabkin says
Here’s a link to assist with some nutritional values
Recipe and calorie and nutrition calculator
http://Www.//verywellfitcom/recipe-nutrition -analyzer-4157076
Hope this works for you to!
This is a five star site it’s hard to come up with recipes for lo carb for diabetic people. There are plenty here.
FireWifeMrs117 says
Hi, if baking, how long?
Rachael says
Until the internal temp is 165 degrees, about 15-18 minutes, then broil for 1 to get a nice golden crust.