Greek Skillet Chicken

This delicious Greek Skillet Chicken is an easy low-carb dish that only needs one pan and uses ingredients you may have on hand! And the tasty skillet chicken recipe will be a hit with green olive lovers!

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People always ask me where I get the ideas for the recipes that end up on Kalyn’s Kitchen, and they come from a variety of sources. But for this Greek Skillet Chicken I just woke up one day with the idea in my head, and the next time I cooked with Jake we tried it out and loved the result.

But it did take us two tries to perfect the recipe. The second time we used my trick that creates Perfect Grilled Chicken Breasts by cutting little crosswise slits in the chicken for more even cooking, and we also mixed spices into the petite diced tomatoes for a bit more Greek flavor.

But seriously, this one pan skillet chicken recipe is so easy and it uses ingredients you may have in the house. And it’s super low in carb, for those who care about that!  And feel free to use another type of cheese if you don’t have Feta. Any way you make it, this is just so good; hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

What ingredients do you need?

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• large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Olive Oil (affiliate link)
• Greek Seasoning (affiliate link)
• salt and fresh ground black pepper
• canned petite dice tomatoes
• Garlic Powder (affiliate link)
• crumbled Feta Cheese
• green olives

What gives Greek Skillet Chicken the Greek Flavors?

The ingredients that give Greek flavors to this dish include olive oil, Greek Seasoning, tomatoes, garlic, Feta Cheese, and green olives!

What if you don’t have Greek Seasoning?

I’m a fan of Greek Seasoning (affiliate link) and use it often. But if you don’t have that in your spice cabinet, you can make your own Greek Seasoning, or just check that recipe and use a small amount of the spices you do have.

What if you don’t want green olives in the Greek Skillet Chicken?

Jake and I are both huge green olive fans, as you can tell, but if you’re not a fan use regular black olives, Kalamata olives, or sliced Peperoncini instead for this recipe.

How low in carbs is the Greek Skillet Chicken?

This recipe is not only easy to make but this chicken dish only has 2 net carbs per serving!

How to make Greek Skillet Chicken:

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1. Preheat oven to 400F/200C.
2. Trim the chicken and make small crosswise slits, being careful not to cut too deep.
3. Rub chicken with Greek Seasoning and season with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
4. Heat oil in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet (affiliate link) and brown chicken 4-5 minutes on the top side.
5. Turn over and cook 2-3 minutes more on the second side.
6. While chicken cooks mix the petite diced tomatoes, Greek Seasoning and garlic powder.
7. Crumble the Feta and slice the green olives.
8. After chicken has cooked a few minutes on the second side, spoon the tomato mixture around the chicken pieces, lower heat, and simmer about 5 minutes more.
9. Top chicken with the crumbled Feta and sliced green olives, put the skillet into the oven, and cook about 10-12 minutes more, or until the Feta is melted and chicken tests at 165F/75C with an instant-read meat thermometer (affiliate link).
10. We used extra large chicken breasts (about 8 oz. each) to be sure the chicken didn’t get too dry, so if you’re using smaller chicken breasts the cooking time will definitely be less. Serve hot and enjoy!

More Chicken with Greek Flavors:

• Very Greek Grilled Chicken ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
• Greek Chicken Skewers with Avocado Tzatziki ~ Shugary Sweets
• Greek Lemon Chicken ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
• Greek Chicken Skewers and Orzo Salad ~ Living Locurto
• Instant Pot Cauliflower Rice Greek Chicken Bowls ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen

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Yield: 6 servings

Greek Skillet Chicken

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

One Pan Low-Carb Greek Skillet Chicken is a delicious and easy main dish for people who like green olives.

Ingredients

• 4 very large boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 8 oz. each)
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 T Greek Seasoning, divided (see notes)
• salt and fresh ground black pepper for seasoning chicken (see notes)
• 1 14.5 oz. can petite dice tomatoes
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/2 cup crumbled Feta Cheese
• 1/2 cup sliced large green olives

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400F/200C.
2. Trim fat and any undesirable parts from chicken breasts, then cut small crosswise slits going down each breast, taking care not to cut too deep.
3. Rub the chicken with the 2 tsp. Greek Seasoning (affiliate link) and season with a little salt and fresh ground black pepper.
4. Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch cast iron skillet, or another frying pan that can go in the oven.
5. When oil is hot, add the chicken top side down and cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes, or until the top of the chicken is nicely browned. Turn over and cook 2-3 minutes more on the second side.
6. While chicken cooks, mix the petite diced tomatoes plus juice, 1 tsp. Greek Seasoning, and garlic powder (affiliate link). Crumble the Feta and slice the olives.
7. When chicken has cooked a few minutes on the second side, spoon the tomato mixture around the chicken pieces, doing it carefully so the top of the chicken is sticking out of the sauce.
8. Turn heat to medium low and simmer about 4-5 minutes more.
9. Turn off heat and sprinkle Feta and green olives over the chicken.
10. Put the skillet into the heated oven and cook 10-12 minutes longer, or until Feta has partly melted and chicken has reached 165F/75C on an instant-read meat thermometer. (If you don’t have a thermometer, chicken should feel firm, but not hard when you press down with your finger.)
11. Serve hot.

Notes

Some Greek Seasoning has a lot of salt. I would taste yours and if it tastes salty you might need to reduce the amount or omit salt. Also remember the Feta cheese is salty; we didn’t use much salt.

We used a 12-inch cast-iron skillet (affiliate link) for this recipe. You will need a frying pan that can go in the oven if you don’t have cast iron. An instant-read meat thermometer (affiliate link) is helpful for telling when the chicken is done.

Recipe created by Kalyn and Jake, from an idea that Kalyn woke up with one day!

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 248Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 4gUnsaturated Fat 8gCholesterol 92mgSodium 1399mgCarbohydrates 3gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 30g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Greek Skillet Chicken is perfect for low-carb or Keto diets, and it’s also great for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe
This recipe was first posted April 2017, and I’ve made it a few times since then.  It was updated with slight improvements in 2020 and was last updated with more information in 2024.

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