Delicious Greek Grilled Chicken Salad

This delicious greek chicken Mediterranean salad is the perfect salad for summer! It contains protein from the chicken, carb from the pita bread, and the veggies are the fillers. All the flavors just explode in your mouth and make you want just one more bite!

What You Will Need for the Greek Salad

• Chicken breasts marinated in olive oil, dried oregano leaves, garlic powder, salt, and pepper
• Tzatziki sauce (homemade or store-bought)
• Pita bread
• tomatoes
• cucumbers
• bell peppers
• olives
• avocado
• red onion
• crumbled feta cheese
• lemon wedges

How to Make Homemade Tzatziki Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of plain greek yogurt
• 1/4 of a long cucumber peeled
• salt
• 1/2 lemon squeezed
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• freshly chopped dill
• olive oil
• salt & pepper to taste

1. Using a grater, grate the cucumber.
2. Sprinkle the grated or chopped cucumber with salt and let it sit for a few minutes.
3. Squeeze out all of the cucumber juice out of the cucumber.
4. Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a bowl and add the cucumber.
5. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with olive oil.

Instructions for the Greek Chicken Salad

1. Make the tzatziki sauce (if using homemade) and place in the refrigerator to cool.
2. Marinate the chicken and let it sit for at least 20 minutes to grasp the flavor.
3. Chop up all the fresh veggies you will be using.
4. Grill the chicken until ready and then chop into smaller pieces.
5. Assemble the salad!
6. Make sure to season with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and squeeze some lemon for a tang!

This salad is just so beautiful with all of the pops of color! It is a meal all in itself because of the protein from the chicken which serves as the base of the dish, the pita bread serves as the carb, and all the veggies just add a variety of flavor! The tzatziki sauce serves as the dressing and everything just pairs so well together. Feel free to play around with different veggies and additions in this salad! Hummus also tastes really good with this salad.

More Summer Recipes to Try

• Best Tomato Spinach Salsa
• Easy Homemade Sauerkraut
• Delicious Ground Beef Stuffed Bell Peppers

Conclusion

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