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Oct 09, 2014, Updated Mar 22, 2024
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Dutch Oven Grecian Chicken is a simple, easy, and crazy delicious whole roasted greek chicken full of lemon, garlic, and oregano flavor!
While my brother in law was in town recently, he tried to make as many meals with the family as he could fit in.
My husband’s family loves to cook big family dinners together- and this recipe is a spin off a delicious Grecian Chicken recipe my brother in law made for us one night.
Grecian chicken was immensely popular with his greek friends in Chicago where he went to law school- but the recipe usually involves taking a separated whole chicken and cooking it in a casserole dish with more liquid.
I changed it up so that the chicken cooks in a dutch oven- giving it crispy, delicious skin- and it requires a lot less effort!
This dutch oven grecian chicken is my new favorite way to slow roast chicken!
Tips to Perfect Whole Roasted Greek Chicken
The only real work here is stuffing some lemons and garlic into the chicken and seasoning the bird up.
After that, just toss it in the pan and cook for about an hour and a half- and you’re done!
The chicken also gives off a delicious cooking liquid that is very gravy like, and very lemony.
The garlic also turns a delicious golden brown and has an incredible caramel flavor. I like to add a little of this to cous cous for an insanely delicious flavor!
I prefer using a chicken under 3 1/2 pounds – I feel they provide more flavor in this recipe. Look for free range organic chicken if possible.
While butter doesn’t seem like the proper Greek way (hello, olive oil!), every family I’ve eaten this dish wish from Greece uses butter for the flavor. I realize this is very Americanized, and you can use either – but the butter gives a lovely richness to the chicken skin that I just don’t quite get with olive oil. Go ahead and use oil if you prefer it though!
Other One Pot Chicken Dinners You’ll Love:
Click to watch videos of my favorite chicken dinners – and then click on the link below for the printable recipes!
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One Pot Lemon Chicken and Asparagus
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Whole Roasted Montreal Chicken
Click the video to see me make this recipe!
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Dutch Oven Grecian Chicken
Dutch Oven Lemon Garlic Chicken - easy whole roasted chicken bursting with buttery lemon and garlic flavor!
Course Chicken
Cuisine American
Keyword baked, chicken, dutch oven, garlic, main dish, poultry
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 231kcal
Author Courtney ODell
Ingredients
- whole chicken
- 2 lemons sliced into thin rounds
- ¾ cup garlic peeled
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- salt and pepper
- 1-2 pats of butter optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees / 190 c
Stuff 1/2 of one lemon into the chicken's cavity with 5-8 garlic cloves.
Generously salt and pepper chicken.
Add to dutch oven and throw in rest of lemon and garlic.
Sprinkle chicken with oregano.
If you like extra crispy chicken skin, add a pat or two of butter to the top.
Add lid and cook 1 1/2 hours, checking temp every 20 minutes after an hour. You want the temp to get to 160, and then remove the lidded dutch oven, as it will keep cooking to reach the safe internal temperature of 165 degrees for a chicken.
Let dutch oven sit for 10 minutes after removing from oven to allow for carryover cooking, and so the juices have a chance to rest.
Remove from pan, and carve!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 124mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g
Categorized as:
gluten free, Main Dishes, paleo, Recipes
About Courtney
Courtney loves to share great wine, good food, and loves to explore far flung places- all while masting an everyday elegant and easy style at lifestyle blog Sweet C’s Designs. Sweet C's devoted to finding the best food and drinks you'll want to make or find, around the world!
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