This 30-minute skillet Chicken souvlaki has all of the flavors of the Mediterranean in one Low-Carb dish. Perfect for meal prep and for a busy weeknight dinner.
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This quick and easy meal is ready in under 30 minutes. It’s basically a deconstructed version of one of the most popular Greek pita sandwiches, the chicken souvlaki. My version is low-carb but, you can always serve it alongside warm pita bread or over rice or even buttery pasta. A quick and easy meal full of Mediterranean flavor!
Serves 4:
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thigh meat, cubed
3-4 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, diced
2 bell peppers, diced
3 garlic cloves, grated
1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes
8-10 pitted Kalamata olives, whole or sliced
3-4 oz. Halloumi cheese, cubed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 teaspoons dried crushed oregano
½ teaspoon ground cumin powder
½ teaspoon lemon zest
Juice of a small lemon
Serve with tzatziki and lemon wedges
Optional vegetables:
• Mushrooms
• Zucchini
• Eggplant
• Spinach
Season the chicken cubes with salt and pepper.
Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat and add the chicken. Cook for about 10-12 minutes, until golden all around and fully cooked. A meat thermometer inserted in the center of the chicken will register 165 °F when cooked. Remove chicken from the pan and set aside.
Add onions and peppers to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes until slightly soft.
Add garlic and warm through 30 seconds.
Place the chicken back into the pan along with the Halloumi, tomatoes, lemon zest, and the spices. Mix to incorporate and cook for 4 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft.
Stir in the lemon juice and serve.
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21 Comments
Always my favorite!!! You are awesome and have the best recipes!!
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Yummmmmy!
I'm going to enjoy this with some fresh pitta bread
I enjoy all your recipes. Thank you
Looks scrumptious
You really do have the best Greek food channel ever. I like your content even better than Akis Petretzikis. The thing about some Greek food channels some are like celebrities who get annoying because they're not more about the food. And others will be from Greek Americans who left Greece in the 50s so when they talk about Greece it makes Greece feel like it's in the 50s when it's a modern country and place kind of like the US and New York. But your channel is perfection. Your camera person is on point and perfection too. I'd love this Souvlaki in a skillet idea for a sandwich. You save me afew dollars and I say afew because Greek food at restaurants the portions are huge lol. Thanks for the recipes. You are very much appreciated!
Pro tip: add your spices along with the onions or even just before. It will achieve two things: 1. the spices will release/infuse oil with the flavor 2. onion will prevent them from burning by absorbing most of the heat. Also reserve a little of that oregano (cumin, IMO, is less suitable, as it sustains the falvor when cooked better) to add at the very end, when the dish is done.
Great tecipe. Thanks
You are a sorceress! This sounds so good, I can't wait to make it!!
Good , but this is not souvlaki..
Just made this….oh la la another winner dimitra…keep quick meals coming!!!!!!
No halloumi cheese near me…could you suggest any other cheese?
I just love you. You are adorable and clearly love to cook. I am making this Saturday for a get together in the evening. I will offer it with pita AND your amazing tzaziki recipe. My entire evening menu is greek inspired and I am french canadian. LOL Thank you Dimitra for all you do and all you teach.
Thank you! I am going to make this next week!
I wish we had decent fast-food chains that ONLY served Mediterranean/Greek food, like a McDonald's. It would be a HIT. I've wanted this for years.
Made this the other night, very good and very easy. Not that I'm on a low carb kick, but instead of rice or pasta, I used shredded raw white cabbage as a base and spooned the chicken souvlaki over it. I'm not a big cabbage fan but this worked very well.
Just made this last night. Didn’t have halloumi cheese, but we did sprinkle on some feta cheese. I also didn’t add Kalamata olives. Still was so great with pita pockets and homemade tzatziki sauce. Thank you
This tasted so amazing, thank you for such a great recipe. I love your channel!
Where does one go to find (purchase) halloumi cheese ? Glorioso's doesn't carry it. ☺
Looks very appealing and fresh tasty 👌🏻❤