Greek Chicken Salad
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Updated Aug 03, 2022
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A delicious Greek chicken salad topped with diced avocado makes for a healthy, nutritious, and very satisfying meal. The leftovers save beautifully for lunch to enjoy again the next day!
My Greek salad recipe is one of my all-time favorite salad recipes. I always have it on repeat as it’s so simple to slice and dice a few vegetables, and toss those with a quick homemade Greek salad dressing. Done and done!
And while Greek salad is often served as a side-dish, to accompany other mains, today we’re elevating it to a complete meal by topping it with the most flavorful baked chicken breasts loaded with bright Mediterranean herbs, and creamy diced avocado, to satisfy the Cali girl in me.
The great news about this recipe is that’s it’s a durable salad (minus the avocado), and you can meal prep it for the week. The simple combinations of cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion, olives, and feta cheese is never boring on the palate. In fact, you’ll find similar flavors in my Greek Chicken Kabobs and many of my Mediterranean recipes. You know I love Mediterranean recipes!
Greek Chicken Salad Ingredients
As you might have guessed, the usual Greek salad staples are all here, plus a few extra spices to rub into the chicken.
- Cucumber: I’m using an English cucumber, but garden cucumbers and Persian cucumbers work as well.
- Cherry Tomatoes: I love cherry tomatoes as they’re super easy to slice in half.
- Bell Pepper: The crunch of a green bell pepper reminds you how fresh this salad is.
- Red Onion: Sweet red onion adds that strong, but sweet punch of flavor.
- Olives: I’m using Kalamata olives which are a large, dark purple olive with a meaty texture.
- Feta Cheese: The traditional Greek cheese that’s sprinkled on everything.
- Chicken: A couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts add protein to keep you satiated.
- Spices: A simple blend of paprika, dried oregano, dried basil, dried thyme, and dried parsley, plus salt and pepper, evoke those Mediterranean vibes.
- Olive oil: Just a smidge to coat the chicken before rubbing with the spices.
- Greek Salad Dressing: Even though you can buy this, it’s 1000% times better fresh and homemade. Trust me.
Find the printable recipe with measurements below.
How to Make Greek Chicken Salad
Mix together the dried spices in a small bowl. Drizzle a smidge of olive oil on the chicken breasts and rub that in on both sides. It helps to make the spices stick! Then rub the spices on both sides of the chicken breasts, place them in an oven-safe baking dish, and bake at 425F for 20-25 minutes.
While the chicken is baking, you can dice up all the veggies. Once that’s done, add them to a bowl, drizzle with the Greek salad dressing, and toss everything together.
The final step is slicing the cooked chicken, topping it on a portion of the salad, then adding diced avocado. Voila. A Greek Chicken salad that seriously couldn’t be any easier!
How to Meal Prep and Store
The beauty of this salad is that it will last for 4-5 days in the fridge, because there’s no lettuce that will wilt. Just omit the diced avocado and add that fresh, right before serving.
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If you make this recipe, let me know how it turned out! I’d love to hear what you think in the comments below.
Greek Chicken Salad
Description
Ingredients
Greek Salad
- 1 large cucumber, sliced and diced
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced
- ½ cup kalamata olives, sliced
- 4 ounces feta cheese, small diced
- 1 recipe Greek salad dressing
- 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
Baked Chicken
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika, or smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425F/220C. Mix the dried spices together in a small bowl. Rub the olive oil on both sides of the chicken, then rub the spices all over the chicken.
- Place the chicken in an oven-safe baking dish and bake the chicken breasts for 20-25 minutes, flipping halfway, until cooked through.
- While the chicken is cooking, add the diced vegetables, and feta cheese to a mixing bowl.
- Drizzle with Greek salad dressing and toss everything together.
- After the chicken has rested for a couple of minutes, slice it up and add half a chicken breast on top each portion of salad. Top with 1/4 avocado, diced, to each salad.
Lisa’s Tips
- I’m using half of a chicken breast per salad. You can always bake more chicken, if you’d like a full chicken breast per salad.
- These are some of my favorite baking dishes. Get an assortment for all your baking needs!
Nutrition
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Simple to make and very flavorful.
Glad you love this Greek chicken salad!
Absolutely delicious!!! Chicken is moist and stays that way for a couple days. Love to meal prep with this recipe.
Hi Rebecca – Happy to hear you love this Greek chicken salad!
One of the best salad recipes I’ve ever made! Incredibly flavorful, easy, and delicious.
Thanks, Michelle!
Slay!
I made this for dinner last night and we loved it. I didn’t change anything in the recipe, and I love that the leftovers will keep for a couple of lunches. I am new to your website and this week I have made several of your recipes and we have loved each one. After years of following Cooking Light, they shut down and I lost all my recipes except for a few I had printed.
Happy to hear you’ve been enjoying Downshiftology recipes including this Greek Sheet Pan Chicken, Vicky! Also, don’t forget you can save recipes on my website as well with the heart button :)
The good dressing, tangy flavors goes so well with the spices on the chicken. Cold chicken salad is good on a hot summer night.
This one is definitely a summer staple! Glad you loved it, Ramona.
Where’s the recipe for Greek salad Dressing?
Just updated the recipe card to include a link to the Greek Salad Dressing :)
Absolutely delicious! I have meal prepped this one for the week. The spice rub and dressing are outstanding.
Quite possibly the best salad I’ve ever had. I found this recipe over the weekend and my wife made it for dinner tonight. Full of flavor and the dressing is phenomenal!
Thrilled to hear you and your wife are loving this Greek chicken salad!
Over the top delish. This is a keeper. After the initial trying of a recipe, we usually make some adjustments. Not this on.
Could I use fresh herbs instead of dried?
The seasoning is more of a dry herb rub on the chicken unfortunately.
Hi Lisa! Thank you for all the yummy recipes! I just have a question, are the nutritional values calculated based on one serving?
Hi Dira – the nutritional information will always be per serving.
Water is coming on the tongue. really Thanks for sharing this information,
But I had a question. What are the main food safety issues?
waited for the answer
Thank
Perfect 👌!!!
Glad you enjoyed this Greek chicken salad Stefy!
This is delicious! love all the colours and the chicken is super tasty.
Thanks Clare! Glad you enjoyed this recipe :)
Love this Greek chicken salad, it’s my husband’s favorite and easy to makre. Thank you.
Glad to hear that Maryam!
Do you have a healthy Greek salad dressing recipe?
Yes I do! It’s linked within the first paragraph of the post. But you can also search for it on my site :)
Hi Lisa – looks so delicious. I love most Mediterranean recipes so cannot wait to try this! Do you have a good Greek salad dressing recipe too? Thank so much!
I sure do! You can find it on my website by using the search tool up top!
I love a good Greek salad! This looks so refreshing and is perfect as a quick lunch or dinner!
It really is the best for a quick, easy, and refreshing salad!
I’ve a sucker for a chicken salad and this Greek version looks so delicious! Can’t wait to try the recipe :)
Enjoy Chris :)
This salad is so colorful and gorgeous! I love that you didn’t use lettuce. This recipe makes for a perfect lunch!
I love all the flavors in this dish and never thought I could make it at home! I’ll be trying this, for sure!
I’ve been obsessed with Greek flavors lately and this salad is perfect! I think I might try swapping the chicken for chickpeas since that’s what I have on hand!
That’s a great idea! You should also try my Mediterranean Chickpea salad :)