Greek Chicken Souvlaki

One of my favorite chicken recipes is greek chicken souvlaki. It’s simple, easy, and healthy! I love that it takes only a few seconds to mix together a marinade that provides a pack of flavor. It’s perfect for all year round whether you grill it on the barbecue or roast it in the oven.

Chicken Souvlaki

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It’s the middle of the polar vortex as I write this and as much as I prefer chicken souvlaki grilled, it’s too freaking cold to grill. So baked it is!

Greek chicken souvlaki makes me remember the days of the Greek restaurants I used to visit when I lived in Edmonton and Leduc.

I love Greek food but unfortunately, they’re a rare commodity up in Northern British Columbia.

My old workaround was a souvlaki seasoning from a food specialty company but they’re hard to come by (I don’t even know if they make them anymore), so it was time to step it up and make one from scratch.

Chicken Souvlaki Marinade

This recipe is so easy to throw together:

• lemons
• oregano
• olive oil
• garlic (lots of it)
• parsley
• Canadian chicken

I love that chicken is so versatile. You can create just about anything with this one ingredient and in this case, I added a few healthy flavors to transform chicken into Greek chicken souvlaki.

So why Canadian chicken?

Chicken that has been raised by a Canadian Farmer is held to the highest standards. It’s audited by a third party to ensure that the chickens are raised in quality and humane practices, and they have to follow an on-farm food safety program along with high animal care standards.

In addition to the high-quality chicken, I also love supporting Chicken Farmers of Canada because it’s a family affair.

Did you know 90% of Canadian chicken farms are family owned and operated?

So how can you ensure that your chicken offers everything that I’ve touched upon? Easy, look for the Raised By a Canadian Farmer logo on your chicken! (see below).

What to Serve with Chicken Souvlaki

Here’s what goes with greek chicken souvlaki:

• Homemade Greek Vinaigrette serve over a simple salad.
• Pesto Pasta Salad
• Greek salad
• Greek rice or potatoes.

If you have leftovers, try this Greek Pizza with Tzatziki Drizzle.

How to Make Chicken Souvlaki

Whenever I have had chicken souvlaki in restaurants, the skewers have straight meat, however, for the sake of my need to up my vegetable intake, I added some vegetables to the greek chicken kebabs.

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I highly recommend serving these chicken kebabs with a garlic hummus. I used a store bought brand, swirled it with my spoon and drizzled a little olive oil and topped with parsley to fancify it.

Container Counts

If you’re following 21 Day Fix or Ultimate Portion Fix I have the following container counts for you:

Full recipe: 4 green, 5 red, 12 tsps.

Per serving: 3/4 green, 1 red, 2 1/2 tsps.

Another option is to measure out the cooked meat and veggies individually to make it fit your containers.