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4 servings Dinner Greek

Air Fryer Greek Chicken with Lemon Rice, Chickpeas & Feta

Oregano-paprika chicken thighs from the air fryer over lemony jasmine rice with blistered tomatoes, chickpeas, spinach, and marinated feta.

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Lemon rice mixture

  • 3/4 cup uncooked jasmine rice
  • 3/4 cup water (rice cooker)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 8 oz grape tomatoes, halved
  • 5 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 5 oz fresh spinach, chopped
  • 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed

Feta topping

  • 6 oz feta cheese, diced small
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh oregano, plus more for garnish

Instructions

  1. Rinse the jasmine rice until water runs mostly clear. Add to rice cooker with the water and start on the white rice setting.
  2. Pat chicken thighs dry. Toss with the oregano, paprika, salt, red pepper flakes, and olive oil until evenly coated.
  3. Preheat air fryer to 400°F for 3 minutes.
  4. Lay thighs in a single layer (batch if needed). Air fry 12-14 minutes, flipping at the 7-minute mark, until 175°F internal.
  5. While the chicken cooks: heat olive oil in a skillet over medium. Add tomatoes and garlic, cook until tomatoes soften. Stir in oregano and salt.
  6. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Stir in lemon juice and the drained chickpeas; warm through.
  7. Fold the cooked rice into the tomato-spinach-chickpea mixture.
  8. In a small bowl, toss feta with olive oil, lemon juice, and oregano.
  9. Plate the rice mixture, top with sliced chicken and the marinated feta, garnish with fresh oregano.

Nutrition

Per serving — 1/4 of recipe.

686 calories Calories
46.4 g Protein
49.3 g Carbs
35 g Fat

What's on my plate

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Greek chicken, rice & chickpeas raw 1724 g · 2746 kcal batch
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Batch reference numbers
ComponentRawCookedkcalProteinCarbsFat
Greek chicken, rice & chickpeas 1724 g — 2746 185.4 g 197.1 g 139.9 g

Notes

  • Everything runs in parallel — rice cooker, air fryer, and skillet finish close together.

How these macros were worked out

These are estimates, not weighed measurements. Each ingredient is priced at its USDA FoodData Central per-100 g value and multiplied by the amount in the recipe - the same method Cronometer uses when it matches your ingredients to its database. Expect a few percent of drift, and more where an ingredient is vague.

  • The rice is folded into the dish here rather than served alongside, so unlike my other rice recipes it is included in these macros.
  • Dried oregano, paprika, salt, and red pepper flakes are left out as negligible.
Ingredient g kcal Protein Carbs Fat
Chicken thighs, 1.5 lb 680.4 973 126.6 g 0 g 53.9 g
Olive oil, 1 tbsp (chicken) 13.5 119 0 g 0 g 13.5 g
Jasmine rice, 3/4 cup dry 139 507 9.9 g 111.2 g 0.8 g
Olive oil, 1 tbsp (skillet) 13.5 119 0 g 0 g 13.5 g
Grape tomatoes, 8 oz 226.8 41 2 g 8.8 g 0.5 g
Garlic, 5 cloves 15 22 1 g 5 g 0.1 g
Spinach, 5 oz 141.8 33 4.1 g 5.1 g 0.6 g
Lemon juice, 3 tbsp 45 10 0.2 g 3.1 g 0.1 g
Chickpeas, 15 oz drained 250 348 17.6 g 56.3 g 6.9 g
Feta, 6 oz 170.1 451 24.2 g 6.6 g 36.6 g
Olive oil, 1 tbsp (feta) 13.5 119 0 g 0 g 13.5 g
Lemon juice, 1 tbsp (feta) 15 3 0.1 g 1 g 0 g
Batch total 1724 2746 185.4 g 197.1 g 139.9 g
Per serving (/4) 686 46.4 g 49.3 g 35 g

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