Greek Chicken Kabob Orzo Bowls

Juicy marinated greek chicken breast on skewers, over a bowl of orzo.  Served with tzatziki, cucumbers, tomatoes and onion.

I love when you can fit your entire dinner a bowl.  It’s so easy, simple and makes me feel like it’s going to be a light kitchen cleaning.  Cleaning the kitchen is the worst, yes? You really can’t beat this greek chicken orzo bowl.

Marinate cut up chicken breast with olive oil, lemon juice and some seasonings.  After a couple hours you can skewer the chicken and grill it.  In the winter I usually grill over my grill pan.  It takes just minutes – it cooks so fast when they are just bite sized bits, so don’t give in to overcooking them. 

Cook up the orzo, toss it in a bowl with some vegetables and tzatziki.  As for the tzatziki you can buy it premade or make your own.  It’s actually really easy to make yourself and I usually opt for this because it’s cheaper than buying a container. 

You’ll already have the major things you need to make it (like cucumbers and lemon juice, plus you’ll need some dried or fresh dill) all you need is a small single serving size container of greek yogurt.

Your family will be wanting this on repeat weekly, it’s such a great dinner!

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Greek Chicken Kabob Orzo Bowls

Juicy marinated chicken breast on skewers, over a bowl of orzo.  Served with tzatziki, cucumbers, tomatoes and onion.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Keyword: cucumbers, greek, kabobs, onion, orzo, tomato, tzatziki

Author: Tara Moore

Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken breast cubed
• 1 container cherry tomatoes halved
• 1 cucumber sliced and quartered
• 1 c dry orzo
• red onion sliced

chicken marinade

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp marjoram
• 1/4 tsp basil
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• salt and peppe

tzatziki

• 1 container greek yogurt
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• 1/2 cucumber grated no seeds, water squeezed out
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/4 tsp dried dill
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

• Add the cubed chicken to a bag with the ‘chicken marinade’ ingredients, refrigerate for two hours
• Prepare the tzatziki ahead of time and let sit in the fridge until you are ready to eat
• Cook the orzo per package ingredients, strain and set aside
• Skewer the chicken and cook until no longer pink in the center
• In a bowl add the cooked orzo, a couple chicken skewers, cucumbers, tomatoes, onion and tzatziki
• Serve and enjoy!