Greek Chicken and Spinach

kitchengrrl's Note:

This was a quick "throw together" meal one night recently, and it worked out great. Sorry, no exact proportions on a lot of things. It's very much an "eyeball" recipe. Use as much or as little of the ingredients as you like.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1 lb chicken breast
• 2 lemons
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 cloves garlic
• red pepper flakes
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 bags 6 oz each fresh spinach leaves
• fresh parsley
• dill, dried or fresh
• 1/2 cup feta cheese

Directions:

1. Pound the chicken breasts with a mallet til they're flattened and uniform thickness.
2. Marinate for about 1/2 hour in a mixture of oregano, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, the zest from 2 lemons and the juice from one, and a little rice vinegar.
3. Grill 2-3 minutes on each side till cooked through.
4. While marinating, mince a couple of cloves of garlic.
5. Saute until fragrant in a little olive oil.
6. Add a bag of fresh spinach and wilt over med-high heat.
7. When bright green and not quite finished, add a handful of chopped parsely, some dill (to taste, I don't like much dill), and the juice of half a lemon.
8. Stir together.
9. Remove from heat, crumble some feta cheese on top and and cover for a few minutes to let the cheese heat up and soften.
10. Serve with sparkling water and some fresh crusty bread.

Reviews

[starrynight]

This is such a great recipe. It took no time at all to make, but it was very rewarding because it was so good. I used lots of seasoning, so it was very flavourful. We had this with Greek rice, and it was a perfect dinner. I'll definetely make this again. Thanks!

[Darkhunter]

OK, Kithchengrrl, this was awesome! Only change I needed to make was MORE SPINACH!

[spiritussancto]

this is lovely! i used vegetarian "chicken" breasts and it was a fast, tasty, easy dinner. the first time i made as written other then using all lemon juice instead of the vinegar and zest since that's what i had and was very pleased. just now i used lemon zest and juice along with a handful of fresh dill and some garlic and onion powder and olive oil as the marinade and added onions to the spinach. that's really good too! what a nice versatile recipe. isn't it odd how cooked spinach, if let to cool starts leaving an odd chalky feeling on your teeth? make sure to serve really hot.