Greek Chicken
This delicious grilled chicken recipe is easy to make, but takes some planning ahead for marinating time. It goes great with a Greek Salad and some fried potatoes or garlic bread.
Greek Chicken
Ingredients
- 6 Chicken Hind Quarters or 12 drumsticks
- Kosher salt
- Marinade
- 4-6 cloves garlic
- ½ diced white onion
- 2 Tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 heaping tsp ground black pepper
- ½ cup lemon juice 4 lemons
- 1 Tbsp wine vinegar
- ¼ – ½ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Mix the marinade ingredients together.
- With a sharp knife, put three slices into each chicken piece, down to the bone; 2 on the thigh and one on the leg to help the marinade penetrate.
- Salt each side of the chicken quarters with kosher salt.
- Put the marinade in a zip lock bag and add the chicken pieces.
- Marinade for 4-6 hours, overnight can be too long.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and sprinkle with a little more kosher salt.
- Put the remaining marinade into a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Brush this on the chicken every time you flip them.
- Grill over medium heat until the interior is 160 degrees and the skin is golden brown – this took me about 30 minutes. Flip the chicken every 5 minutes or so and baste with the cooked marinade.
- Serve with lemon wedges or make a spicy Greek yogurt dip out of Plain Greek yogurt, Lemon juice to taste, Oregano to taste, and Hot sauce to taste.
- Goes well with a Greek salad, fried potatoes and/or garlic bread.