Mediterranean Grilled Chicken with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
Either grilled or roasted, this Mediterranean chicken has big flavor from an olive oil and red wine vinegar marinade with garlic, dill and spices.
Mediterranean Grilled Chicken is fantastic cold the next day, so I encourage you to double the recipe for leftovers.
*This chicken needs to marinate at least 2 hours, but ideally longer to soak up the flavor of the marinade. I often start marinating the chicken the night before or the morning I plan to cook it for dinner.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes (plus at least 2 hours for marinating)
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minute
- Yield: 4 to 6 servings 1x
- Category: chicken
- Method: grill
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1 ½ to 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped or ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup roughly chopped fresh dill or just small handful of fresh dill sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried dill
Serve the cooked chicken with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the marinade: olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, paprika, allspice, salt and dill.
- Pour marinade over the chicken in a dish or Ziploc bag. Move the chicken around to make sure it’s all coated in marinade. Marinate at least 2 hours, but ideally longer. I often start marinating the chicken the night before or in the morning, which makes it easy to put the chicken straight into the oven or on the grill to cook at dinner time.
- You can grill or bake the chicken after it has marinaded for at least 2 hours. When ready to cook, remove chicken from the marinade.
Grill: Cook the chicken thighs 4 to 7 minutes a side over medium-high grill heat. The cooking time depends on how thick the thighs are.
Oven: Roast at 425 F for about 20 minutes. I usually put the chicken under the broiler for the last few minutes of cooking, to crisp up the edges.
Serve Mediterranean Grilled Chicken with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce on the side.
Notes
Cooked chicken should reach the internal temperature 165 F
If using bone-in chicken thighs, the total grilling time will increase to about 20 minutes and the baking time in the oven should increase to 35 to 45 minutes.
