Simple marinated citrus Greek chicken with a two ingredient sauce. It’s perfect all year round and you only need one skillet to make dinner in 30 minutes!
Marinated chicken is where it’s at! Whether it’s our simple marinated grilled chicken breasts or our smoked marinated chicken thighs, marinating chicken adds so much flavor and tenderness. The marinade for this citrus Greek chicken packs this recipe with outrageous flavor and is so simple!
This citrus Greek chicken looks like something you’d be served in your favorite restaurant, but it’s the easiest recipe ever. However, I’ve got rules so listen up!
Tips for the Best Citrus Greek Chicken
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts should not be overcooked. Ever. Here’s a really simple way to have perfectly cooked, perfectly moist chicken every single time.
I cringe when I hear about chicken breasts in the oven for an hour or a half hour on the stove top. Please, please don’t do that. Your dinners will be 100 times better if you cook the chicken properly.
Marinated meat is an easy way to have flavor without extra calories or effort, but it must have time. We like to marinate our chicken at least two hours or up to overnight. You pick what works for you.
And finally, oil packed sun dried tomatoes should always be in your fridge. They are amazing. The end.
Ingredients for Citrus Greek Chicken
I’m going to list the ingredients for the chicken marinade first, and then the simple 2 ingredient sauce that we will use to pour over the chicken. Here is what you will need:
- Chicken Breasts: boneless, skinless
- Olive Oil: help tenderize the chicken as it marinates
- Orange Juice: If you have the time, juice your own oranges so you have pure fresh orange juice without any added sugar.
- Greek Seasoning: We prefer McCormick brand, but if you like a different brand or want to make you’re own, we’ve included a recipe below.
- Salt: adds flavor
- Pepper: adds flavor
- Garlic: adds flavor
For the Sauce
- Packed Sun-dried Tomatoes: adds texture, flavor and color to the chicken
- Orange Juice: adds bright citrus flavor to the chicken as it cooks
The measurements for all of the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.
The ultimate Italian sausage and peppers rigatoni with caramelized onions and peppers, crispy pepperoni and juicy grape tomatoes. Just wait until you try it!
This pasta was entirely inspired by pizza. If it’s good as a pizza, it’s meant to be pasta and vice versa in our book. Cade could eat pizza every day of his life and be quite happy, and pasta is quickly taking hold on his heart as well. So if you think this is good we highly encourage you to bust out our Little Italy Pizza recipe too. Like, this weekend, for sure.
Cade and I love good food and the older we get it’s interesting to see how our tastes are changing. Cade never was into dessert and now he’s got a huge sweet tooth. I never was all that into peppers and onions and now anything savory hits the spot for me far more than treats. Which means this Ultimate Italian Sausage Pasta is one of our favorites, followed by a skookie for Cade. Ridiculous…
Ingredients for Italian Sausage and Peppers Pasta
Continue scrolling to the end of this post to see the measurements of each ingredient in the recipe card. This is a list of the ingredients needed:
- Rigatoni Pasta – the ridges on the outside gather the sauce beautifully creating extra saucy flavorful bites
- Italian Sausage – you can get mild or spicy depending on your need for heat
- Olive Oil – mild in flavor and helps cook down the peppers and onions
- Onion – we prefer a yellow onion, sliced thin
- Bell Peppers – red, yellow