Greek Yogurt Chicken (low fat)
Marinated chicken with yogurt, garlic and greek spices make for a tangy chicken main course. Serve with a greek salad and it's a meal.
Ingredients
1 | cup |
yogurt, plain
plain low-fat |
|
1 | tablespoon |
lemon zest
finely grated peel of a lemon |
|
1 ½ | tablespoons |
lemon juice
|
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2 | tablespoons |
oregano
finely chopped, fresh |
* |
2 | tablespoons |
parsley leaves
chopped finely, fresh |
|
1 | clove |
garlic
peeled and forced through a press |
|
¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
⅛ | teaspoon |
black pepper
freshly ground or to taste |
* |
4 | whole |
chicken breasts
halves on the bone, skin removed |
* |
Directions
Combine the yogurt, lemon peel and juice, oregano, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper.
Put the chicken into a dish and spread about ¼ cup of the yogurt sauce over the chicken.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Cover and refrigerate the remaining yogurt sauce.
Place the chicken on a rack in a baking pan and bake in a preheated 375℉ (190℃) F oven 30 minutes.
Turn the oven to broil and continue cooking about 5 minutes, until the chicken is browned on top and cooked through.
Spoon the yogurt sauce over the chicken and serve.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 71g (2.5 oz)
In the oven now. I substituted chive for parsley based on what I had on hand, I understand the flavor will be quite different. Personally I find 2 tbsp of oregano to be a bit much.
almost 14 years agoNicolene
Excellent recipe! I halved the oregano and crumbled feta cheese over the chicken just before serving, served with mustard mash potatoes. Yummy!!!
over 13 years agoI did this barly today for my boyfriend and I and it was delicious! the Chicken. Was very good and moist the yogurt tasted very well with the lemon I would totaly do this recipie again
over 12 years ago(p.s. I used vanilla yogurt..it still tasted pretty good)