Grilled Chicken Breast with Thyme and Lemon and Grilled Greek Salad
🇬🇷 Greece
Ingredients
- 2 organic lemons
- 10 g fresh thyme
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 10 g salt
- 3 g pepper
- 4 chicken breast fillets
- 100 g red bell pepper
- 100 g yellow bell pepper
- 100 g red onion
- 200 g cherry tomatoes
- 100 g mini cucumbers
- 80 g black olives
- 100 g feta cheese
- dried oregano
- 1 head Little gem lettuce
Steps
- In a bowl, mix the juice and finely grated zest of the washed lemons with the chopped thyme, 3 tbsp olive oil, 5 g salt, and 2 g pepper.
- Clean the chicken breasts, place them in the marinade, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, ideally 2-3 hours.
- Cut the red and yellow bell peppers and red onion into large pieces suitable for grilling. Leave the cherry tomatoes whole or lightly score them.
- Grill the vegetables over high heat for about 3-4 minutes until they soften and lightly char.
- Let the grilled vegetables cool slightly, then chop into smaller pieces.
- Combine the chopped vegetables with the diced mini cucumbers, black olives, and cubed feta cheese.
- Season the salad with dried oregano, salt, pepper, 2-3 tbsp olive oil, and the juice of half a lemon.
- Grill the marinated chicken breasts over medium-high heat for about 4-5 minutes per side, until golden and cooked through.
- Let the chicken rest for 2-3 minutes, then slice.
- Arrange Little gem lettuce leaves on a plate, top with the grilled vegetable salad, and add the sliced chicken.
- Optionally, grill lemon halves and serve alongside each portion for squeezing over the dish.
Notes
Grilling the lemon halves adds a fresh, slightly caramelized citrus note when squeezed over the finished dish.
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