Chicken Breasts in a Skillet with Balsamic-Honey Glaze

Chicken Breasts in a Skillet

Here’s an easy, modern Greek recipe that calls for the subtle sweet-and-sour combination of Greek honey and vinegar. Great extra virgin Greek olive oil, sweet Greek vinegar and honey are all available on my website!

Chicken or Turkey Salad Baguettes with Caramelized Onions, Greek Yogurt and Herbs

Chicken Salad Baguettes with Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt finds yet another use in this tasty leftover chicken or turkey salad sandwich made even tastier with the addition of caramelized onions. Tart yogurt and sweet caramelized onions are a combination found in several of the Dodecanese islands, usually tossed together over pasta. It’s an intoxicating mix and yet another example of how […]

Greek-Style Chicken Schnitzel with Ground Almonds Santorini Capers

Greek-Style Chicken Schnitzel

This Greek recipe, or rather interpretation, of a German and Austrian classic, includes two of my favorite traditional Greek ingredients, Aegina pistachios and Santorini capers. You can forego the nuts in the coating if you like, and replace them with additional dried breadcrumbs.

Protoyiahni – Tomato Chicken Noodle Soup

Protoyiahni

Is there any recipe more comforting than chicken noodle soup? This Greek recipe for a global classic is rooted in the cooking of Messinia, land of plenty in the southern Peloponnese.

Kotopoulo me Kythonia – Chicken Braised with Quince

Kotopoulo me Kythonia

This Greek recipe is one of the great one-pot dishes of the Eastern Mediterranean, and a classic on the island of Chios, the cooking of which was inspired and influenced by the aromatic dishes of the Greeks of Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, almost a stone’s throw from this island’s shores. In Greek cooking, quince is […]

Whole Chicken Baked with Rice and Feta

In the cooking of northern Greece, baked rice dishes appear in several places and make for a regional specialty, since in few other places around the country are rice dishes prepared in the oven. This dish, called rithanathema in Greek, possibly traces its etymology to the Greek word for bird, ornitha, and that for food, […]

Greek-Honey-Ouzo Roasted Turkey Thighs with Figs and Black Pepper

I usually hold Thanksgiving at my home in Athens, with more people than I can usually handle! To make my life easier, I’ve started to roast turkey parts and to make the stuffing separately. Turns out that this has been a great way to experiment with some unusual and, yes, Greek-inspired gravy ideas. So, here, […]

Spartan Chicken Melt Sandwich with Olive Oil and Mustard

Sparta Chicken Melt Sandwich with Vrisi 36 olive oil and mustard

What happens when you combine a very traditional recipe for chicken in onion-feta sauce from Sparta, Greece, with the lunchtime favorite, tuna melt? Sparta chicken melt, with Vrisi 36 olive oils and Peloponnese mustard. Yum.To find some of the artisinal Greek products you'll need to make this, visit my online shop, where you'll discover a […]

Chicken Sartsa

Chicken Sartsa with Mashed Potatoes with Greek Feta

This is total comfort food and a classic recipe from the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea. What makes this dish special is the addition of large cubes of Greek cheese, which melt slightly and turn this otherwise simple tomato-baked chicken into something soothing and irresistible!

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