These Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Breasts are a super flavorful way to make your weeknight meals even easier with an incredibly flavorful, super easy-to-make grilled chicken breast!
Next, make our Asian Grilled Chicken!
Who else loves healthy, simple, fast, and easy dinners? I knew we weren't alone. Cooking from scratch often conjures up images of slaving away in a kitchen for hours on end. Au contraire, that's not what it means at all. At least not in this super busy household. That's why these Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Breasts are a favorite in our house!
Recipe Video
Ingredients Needed
There are a ton of pre-made bottled chicken marinades out there that you can buy. But really, making your own takes only a few more minutes than opening a bottle. And it's so much fresher with perfect flavors for Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Breasts!
- Chicken Breasts - Boneless and sliced in halves.
- Fresh parsley - Any kind of curly, flat leaf, whatever you have. Fresh is best, but you can sub dried if you need to.
- Fresh Garlic - Also ok to use pre-minced if that's all you have, but fresh is best.
- Fresh Lemon Juice - You can... well you know the drill (see above).
- Dried Oregano - Reverse on this one - dried works but if you have fresh, awesome!
- Kosher Salt, smoke paprika, fresh cracked black pepper, and olive oil.
Step-by-Step Instructions
It really doesn't get much easier for a grilled chicken breast.
- Pierce chicken breasts with a fork and then generously season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
- Add all of the marinade ingredients to a plastic bag and add chicken and mix well.
- Let marinate and then grill!
Done. Easy, right? We LOVE this as the chicken for our Avocado Chicken Chopped Salad!
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Side Dishes to Serve With
Israeli Couscous Cucumber Salad
Garlic and Gruyere Roasted Asparagus
Other Favorite Grilled Recipes
10 Minute Spicy Grilled Shrimp Skewers
FAQs
At the very least 20 minutes but the longer the better! Basically the longer you let it marinate, the more flavorful it will be! You can marinate it for up to 2 days.
Yes. For the 6 tablespoons of fresh parsley, you can sub 6 teaspoons of dried parsley.
Nope - bottled is totally fine.
YES! You can sub it for 1 1/2 tablespoons of fresh oregano, minced.
So Easy. So flavorful. And so not full of High Fructose Corn Syrup, Xanthan Gum, Sorbate, or Sodium Benzoate you'll find in those bottled marinades!
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts 2 lbs chicken total
- 6 tablespoons of olive oil
- 6 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 6 large garlic cloves minced
- 6 tablespoons of fresh minced parsley
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano
- salt and pepper to season
Instructions
- To a large plastic food storage bag, add olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, garlic, paprika, and oregano and give a little mix.
- Give the chicken breasts a small slice with a knife or pierce with a fork, and then generously season with salt and pepper on both sides. Add to plastic bag with marinade. Seal bag and with your hands, mix the chicken and the marinade together well. Place in fridge and let marinate for 20 minutes or up to two days in the fridge (the longer the better!)
- Pre-heat grill.
- Remove chicken from bag and cook on a grill (or in a grill pan on medium high heat) for about 5-6 minutes per side. Cook until chicken is cooked through and has an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees.
LOVE IT
Love to hear it, Virginia! Thanks so much for sharing!
Can I cook this with similar results in a frying pan? We don't grill.
Hi Sandy! Yes, definitely! I would suggest halving your chicken breasts though so they are thinner so they cook faster and more evenly. Then you can add oil or butter to your pan and cook over medium heat for about 4-5 min on each side until the chicken is fully cooked and at least 165 degrees internal temp. Enjoy!!
My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE marinade for grilled chicken!!!
Thanks so much for sharing!! It's ours, too! 😀
This is the best Mediterranean chicken marinade I have ever made.
I love that the acid comes from lemon and not vinegar.
The addition of paprika is genius.
This is my marinade from now on.
Thank you for sharing.
Wish I could give it 100 stars. It’s my go-to Greek chicken marinade. It’s perfect!!
Aww yay Jennifer!! It is our go to marinade - so glad you enjoyed it and thank you for letting me know!