Greek-Style Chicken and Roasted Potatoes, Low Calorie and Bursting with Flavor
If you’re looking for a fabulous tasting dish that makes a wonderful presentation, this recipe is for you. So many different taste sensations melded together to create this Greek flavored dinner. It’s chock full of healthy ingredients thanks to using lean chicken breasts, nutritious Greek salad salsa, tossing in a tasty reduced-fat salad dressing and topping with fat-free feta cheese. The skinny for 1 serving, 288 calories, 6 grams of fat and 7 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS. The regular recipe uses all full fat ingredients and much more cheese, olives, chicken and dressing. It contains 670 calories and 49 grams of fat. You won’t miss a thing with my skinny recipe. It’s really delicious and very satisfying!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients for Roasted Potatoes:
1 pound (1 mesh bag) teeny tiny potatoes (whole) or red potatoes cut in fours, see shopping tip
¾ tablespoon olive oil
Salt and fresh ground pepper
Ingredients to Marinate Chicken:
1½ pounds chicken breast tenders, boneless, skinless
2 fresh lemons
Salt and fresh ground pepper
Ingredients for Greek Salad Salsa:
2 cups grape or sugar plum tomatoes
1½ cup cucumber, peeled and chopped
1 orange or yellow bell pepper, trimmed and chopped
½ cup scallions, chopped, use white and green part
⅓ cup Ken’s Lite Caesar Dressing or Cardini’s Light Caesar Vinaigrette, see shopping tip
2 tablespoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
Ingredients for Topping:
⅓ cup fat-free feta cheese, see shopping tip
8 Kalamata olives, sliced
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. To roast the potatoes-Place potatoes on a baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil all over potatoes and toss to coat. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Bake in oven for about 25-30 minutes until soft and browned. Remove from oven, cover with foil to keep warm and set aside.
3. While potatoes are roasting, place chicken tenders in a bowl. Squeeze the juice of 2 lemons all over the chicken. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Place in the refrigerator to marinate for 15 minutes and up to 2 hours.
4. To make the Greek salad salsa-Place all salsa ingredients in a bowl and toss with dressing, lemon juice and oregano. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
5. To cook chicken: In a large nonstick pan, heat 1 teaspoon oil. Add chicken and cook about 3 minutes on each side over medium-high heat until completely cook through.
6. To serve: Add the chicken to a large serving plate. Place the roasted potatoes all around. Top with Greek salad salsa. Sprinkle all over the top with feta cheese and olives.
7. If you don’t plan to serve this dish all at once, only toss in dressing the portion you’ll use and store the leftovers separately in the refrigerator. Toss the remaining Greek salsa when ready to serve the next day. Left-overs are yummy to pack for lunch!
Makes 5 servings (each serving about 2½ cups)
Shopping Tips
I found a mesh bag of teeny tiny potatoes at Trader Joe’s. Look for them at your supermarket or use small new potatoes (red potatoes) un-peeled and cut into four’s.
Fat-free feta cheese is sold in most supermarkets either in the cheese aisle or deli’s gourmet cheese section. Trader Joe’s also sells this cheese.
Ken’s Lite Caesar Dressing and Cardini’s Light Caesar Vinaigrette can be found in the salad dressing aisle of most supermarkets.
Link Parties This Recipe Has Been Shared On
Six Sister’s Suff-http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/
Weight Watchers (old points) 6
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 7
| Skinny Facts: for 1 serving (each serving about 2½ cups) 288 calories, 6g fat, 32g protein, 26g carbs, 3g fiber, 614mg sodium, 5g sugar |
| Fat Facts: for 1 serving 670 calories, 49g fat, 43g protein, 42g carbs, 3g fiber, 1094mg sodium, |






























May 10th, 2011 at 9:45 am
This looks gorgeous. I’ll wager it tastes at least as good as it looks. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
May 10th, 2011 at 11:33 am
Thanks Mary…Enjoy!
May 21st, 2012 at 1:44 pm
You had me at Greek and the low cal was just an added bonus!! Thanks so much for sharing this on my linky. Hope to see you next week!!
May 21st, 2012 at 10:14 pm
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May 27th, 2012 at 11:03 am
So sweet…Thanks Bobbi!
August 7th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Love finding new low-cal dinner ideas! This looks amazing! I would be honored to have you share this at Mom’s Test Meal Mondays.
Hope you had a wonderful day!
August 7th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
That’s so nice of you Jaime! I just shared this recipe on your, Mom’s Test Meal Mondays.
Thanks for the invite.
August 10th, 2012 at 4:44 am
This is a really healthy and flavorful said. I would really love it if you would share it on foodie friday today.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Thanks for the invite Diane! I just share it on your foodie friday. Thanks for hosting!
August 15th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
[...] Greek food! Found this recipe…on Pintrest…and just had to try it. It’s called Greek-Style Chicken and Roasted Potatoes. Now, most of you know that I try to avoid potatoes. However, starchy foods are okay in [...]
August 15th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Loretta, thanks for sharing my recipe!
October 28th, 2012 at 5:05 am
I made this last night for my husband and I – AMAZING. After being stuck in a bit of a cold weather, albeit healthy, foods rut (meatloaf, meatballs, casseroles, etc.) this was just the bright, vibrant meal that we needed. Thank you!!!
October 28th, 2012 at 11:18 am
Katie, thanks sao0 much for the wonderful feedback. I’m so happy my skinny recipe hit the spot for you and your husband!
November 9th, 2012 at 8:44 am
How much makes up one serving? Can’t wait to try this recipe, thanks!
November 10th, 2012 at 5:46 am
If it’s possible, this tastes better than it looks, and it looks absolutely divine. This became love at first bite for us, and it’s in our regular rotation. Thank you for sharing.
November 10th, 2012 at 7:20 am
Wow what a fabulous review Kerry! I’m so happy you love this recipe. Thanks so much for letting me know!
November 10th, 2012 at 7:40 am
Actually Mary, one serving is about 2 ½ cups. I just added this information to the recipe. I hope you enjoy it!
December 18th, 2012 at 9:53 am
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December 18th, 2012 at 10:27 am
Thanks for your honest review. I’m sorry to hear that it wasn’t a “wow” recipe for you.
January 19th, 2013 at 7:01 pm
I’m kind of in love with you now. So far, I’ve tried five of your recipes–the Cajun chicken linguine, the Thai chicken, the skinny meatloaf, the skinny mashed potatoes, and now this. And they’ve all been fantastic! My husband and I have raved each time, “how can this be low calorie?” but this one was our favorite. Hubs licked his plate after. Even when I’m no longer dieting, this will be a recipe we make often. Thank you, thank you! (And just for anyone who tries this in the future, I marinated the chicken for a couple of hours and we used the Ken’s Lite Caesar–it was perfect.)
January 19th, 2013 at 7:54 pm
Thank you so much Sheila. I’m so very happy you and your husband are enjoying so many of my skinny recipes. And you know they are all low in calories and fat since you’ve made them yourself!
This recipe is one of my favorites, too. Great idea to marinate the chicken for a couple of hours.
Thanks again for your wonderful feedback!
Wishing you all the best.
Nancy
January 19th, 2013 at 8:23 pm
This is the first Skinny Kitchen recipe I have tried and it was a winner. I am in Weight Watchers and find some of their recipes bland. This definitely makes adopting healthier food into my lifestyle a joy instead of an exercise in deprivation. Thanks. Dinner tonight was delicious!
January 20th, 2013 at 5:58 am
That’s so great Kat! I’m so thrilled you enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for joining me on Skinny Kitchen…Have fun cooking!
January 20th, 2013 at 6:12 am
I made this last night for the first time. I was AMAZING!!!! Can’t believe it is so low in calories and fat. It will become a staple meal in my house! Thank you!
January 20th, 2013 at 8:18 am
Thanks so much Linda. I’m so happy you enjoy this recipe!
January 20th, 2013 at 3:43 pm
Meant to say ‘It’ was AMAZING! Not ‘I’ was AMAZING!!
January 20th, 2013 at 4:19 pm
I bet you are amazing Linda!
January 27th, 2013 at 11:26 am
I make greek food all the time, but love this version of it. The only thing I changed was adding lots of garlic, oregano and dill to the chicken marinade (and allowing it to marinade for 2+ hrs). I also added lemon and oregano to the potatoes. Thanks so much for the recipe…loved it!!!
January 27th, 2013 at 7:12 pm
Carla, thanks so much for sharing this feedback. All of your additions sound yummy. I’m thrilled you enjoyed this recipe!
With best wishes,
Nancy
January 28th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
This dish looks and sounds amazing! Thanks so much for sharing it on Manic Monday
January 28th, 2013 at 2:07 pm
My pleasure Bobbi…Thanks so much for hosting Manic Monday. I always look forward to sharing there!
January 28th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Thanks Bobbi!
January 29th, 2013 at 11:24 am
This looks really good!!
January 29th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
This looks fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing:)
January 29th, 2013 at 1:34 pm
Thanks Heather…Thanks so much for hosting your link party!
January 29th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Thanks Jeni..Enjoy!!!
January 29th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Delicious!! Had this for dinner tonight and my husband and I loved it!! Thanks again for another great recipe!
January 29th, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Mag I’m so delighted you and your husband enjoyed this recipe. So sweet of you to let me know!
With best wishes,
Nancy
February 2nd, 2013 at 11:33 am
This sounds delicious! ( Except for the olives — I’ll serve them on the side for son and husband– because I’m the cook and I can! lol) Pinned for future reference! Thanks so much for linking on Busy Monday!
February 2nd, 2013 at 2:06 pm
Very cute Charlene. Thanks so much for always hosting such a fun link party on apinchofjoy.com!
February 22nd, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Hi, I came to your website through Manila Spoon. Love your recipe. Thanks for sharing.
When you cook Chicken Breast and wish your meat tender and juicy, try this :– add in 1 teaspoon of corn flour and 2 Tablespoons of water or stock to 1 chicken breast or any meat. At the same time you add in any seasoning you wanted and stand it over night or at least hrs in the fridge. ( This is the secret of Chinese cooking ! )
I love the Greek salad with feta cheese. Too bad the Mc’Donald in Malaysia added in salad cream and named it Greek salad !!
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:44 pm
Welcome Rebecca…I’m so happy you found my site! Thanks so much for sharing your tip!
All the best,
Nancy
March 19th, 2013 at 11:43 am
Looks great. I love Greek food but have never made any myself. I’ll have to try this recipe. Pinned it.
March 19th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
I hope you really enjoy this recipe Kristen. Thanks so much for pinning it!
All the best,
Nancy
March 29th, 2013 at 9:35 am
Absolutely delicious and makes GREAT leftovers!
March 29th, 2013 at 5:35 pm
I always appreciate hearing if a recipe is enjoyed by someone. Thanks so much Dana!
With my best wishes,
Nancy
May 16th, 2013 at 5:05 pm
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May 18th, 2013 at 10:47 am
Wow you did a fantastic job with my recipe. I love the photo!
Thank you sooo much for sharing it. I’m so delighted you enjoyed it!
With my very best wishes,
Nancy