Slow Cooker Greek Chicken

Slow cooker Greek chicken combines ingredients you likely have on hand to create a fresh, delicious meal you can use in a number of ways. This is a Greek-inspired slow cooker recipe that you will find yourself making week after week!

About this Slow Cooker Greek Chicken

This slow cooker Greek chicken is one of the most delicious, versatile, and easy meal prep recipes you can make.

I’m all about creating recipes with ingredients you usually have on hand, and this recipe is that!

Like my slow cooker lemon herb chicken, the star in this recipe is the simple marinade, similar to souvlaki marinade, that transforms basic chicken into a mediterranean style chicken.

And, again, we’re using ingredients that you most likely have on hand – lemon, greek yogurt, and garlic.

And, on top of that, this meal prep recipe can be used in so many ways throughout the week.

One of my favorite meal prep tips is to cook up some protein for the week that can be used in a number of ways for both lunch and dinner.

And this high protein slow cooker recipe fits the bill since it’s flavorful on its own, but versatile enough to be used in a variety of ways.

Serve it shredded on rice or quinoa one night (or replace the chicken in my easy Greek inspired chicken bowls).

The next night or for lunch the next day, serve it gyro-style in pita bread with veggies.

The possibilities are truly endless with this crockpot Greek-inspired lemon chicken!

Visual Guide: How to Make Slow-Cooker Greek Chicken

Process & Tips

The star of this recipe is the marinade!

Inspired by my Greek chicken marinade, this marinade pulls triple duty in this recipe, including as a marinade while the chicken cooks, as a sauce to toss the cooked chicken in, and as a dipping or drizzle sauce when serving. 

Simply mix up the marinade ingredients, add some to the chicken, and cook the chicken in the crockpot.

Once the chicken is cooked, slice or shred the chicken and toss with leftover marinade.

And then serve however you’d like with extra sauce.

If you’re willing to take a few extra steps, whip up some yogurt tahini sauce to serve on top of the chicken, it’s just a few simple ingredients and will elevate this simple recipe to the next level!

Key Ingredients and Substitutions

Greek yogurt: Be sure to use plain, unflavored Greek yogurt for this recipe. Do not substitute regular yogurt, as the result will be too runny. Whole, low fat, and nonfat Greek yogurt will work. Whole Greek yogurt will lend the most flavor. Nutrition information calculated with nonfat Greek yogurt. For a dairy-free option you can also use an unsweetened, plant-based Greek yogurt.

Garlic: Since we’re using so few ingredients here, I like to use fresh minced or grated garlic to really infuse that garlic flavor into the marinade. But you could also use garlic powder if that’s all you have on hand.

Lemon juice: The fresh lemon juice, together with the Greek yogurt, really helps to tenderize and infuse the chicken with lots of flavor. 

Lemon zest: The lemon zest really helps punch up the lemony flavor from the lemon juice and just adds a little something extra to this recipe.

Kosher salt: Look for kosher salt with the regular iodized salt at the grocery store. It has a subtler flavor. Use less iodized salt if that’s what you have on hand.

What to Do with Greek Chicken

As I’ve mentioned, there are so many ways you can use this Greek chicken!

Stuffing the chicken into pitas with cucumber, tomato, red onion, fresh parsley, and yogurt tahini sauce is one of my favorite ways.

I also love anything in a bowl, so try this easy Greek-inspired chicken bowl recipe with any leftover chicken you might have.

Or, you add the chicken and toppings to a bed of salad greens for a light and refreshing meal.

How to Store & Freeze

Slow Cooker Greek Chicken keeps well in the fridge for up to [3-4 days], in a sealed container.This recipe also freezes well, stored in a sealed freezer friendly container for up to [2-3 months].

This Recipe is…

Gluten FreeNut Free

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