18 No-Fuss Mediterranean Diet Chicken Recipes to Try

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It’s easy to stick with what you know when it comes to chicken recipes. You don’t want to add any more red meat to your diet and from a health perspective, it ticks a lot of the boxes.

If you’re sick of your current chicken dishes, get inspired with these 18 chicken recipes, Mediterranean-style.

1. One-Pan Cherry Tomato and Mozzarella Chicken

A super simple meal – just pan-fry chicken with garlic, tip a couple of cans of cherry tomatoes and some basil onto it, simmer, then top with mozzarella and grill. It’s quick, easy, healthy and contains only 7 ingredients.

2. Moroccan Chicken with Sweet Potato Mash & Roasted Veggies

Want an easy way to get those big Moroccan flavours into your food? This Moroccan chicken dish will do the trick. Full of colour and flavour, this meal is perfect as a quick midweek dinner.

  • Ready in: 40 minutes
  • Recipe by: Medmunch

3. Mediterranean Chicken Pasta Bake

This pasta meal is packed with Mediterranean flavors that are nutrient dense and satisfying. This might look like a total food-coma meal, but the combination of ingredients will give you bundles of energy.

4. Easy Chicken Gyros & Tzatkiki Sauce

Quick Greek-style chicken gyros you can whip up on busy nights in just 20 minutes. Perfect as a dinner or a go-to option for a work lunch.

5. Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Kababs & Cayenne Tahini Sauce

Easy Mediterranean grilled chicken kabobs, served on a skewer with spicy tahini sauce to dip. Sounds good, right?

6. Grilled Chicken Souvlaki Salad with Creamy Feta and Dill Dressing

A chicken souvlaki salad packed with Mediterranean flavours and a tzatziki dressing that makes a perfect light summer meal.

7. Mediterranean Chicken Rice Bowls

Packed with a whole host of different textures, this is a great recipe for making ahead and taking to work. It takes a bit of time but it’s certainly worth it. The hummus is to die for!

8. Blackened Chicken and Spaghetti with Tomato-Basil Wine Sauce

Missing those carbs in your life? Journey to Italy and tuck into this hearty spaghetti dish.

9. Chicken Shawarma Quinoa Bowls

Tender, juicy chicken spiced to perfection and tossed with fluffy quinoa, fresh veggies and a creamy tahini sauce for a delicious dairy-free dish that’s sure to wow your tastebuds.

10. One-Pot Mediterranean Chicken with Black Olives and Orzo

This one pot meal features chicken cooked with whole wheat orzo, black olives, roasted peppers and chickpeas. Super simple and perfect for when you don’t want to spend much time in the kitchen.

11. One Pan Mediterranean Chicken with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Another one pan Mediterranean chicken. This one is full of amazing flavour with the roasted red pepper sauce and is ready in less than 30 minutes.

12. One-Skilled Mediterranean Chicken with Tomatoes and Green Olives

This one is full of Greek flavours. Easy to tweak, takes very little prep and only 15 minutes to cook. It’s also packed with those fresh Mediterranean colours and very healthy too. How can you go wrong with that?

13. Syrian Chicken with Giant Couscous

Syria borders both the Mediterranean and the Middle East and those flavours fuse together so well. If you like strong flavoured food with Arabic aromas, then you will love this dish.

14. One Skillet Tuscan Chicken

A super filling meal that comes together quickly. The beans add an extra punch of protein and as everything is in one pot, cleaning up is a breeze.

15. Mediterranean Chicken Bake

Canned foods make it so easy to get a healthy meal on the table without resorting to packaged convenience foods. This easy low carb Mediterranean Chicken is proof-positive of that. Grab yourself some chicken thighs, a few canned goods including tomatoes, artichokes and olives, and some cheese, and you’re all set.

16. Mediterranean Chicken Orzo

This one pan wonder couldn’t be easier to make, and it is incredibly yummy. The combo of ingredients is amazing! It has the simplest ingredients but packs serious amounts of flavour.

17. Grilled Lemon Herb Mediterranean Chicken Salad

This recipe is full of Mediterranean flavours with a dressing that doubles as a marinade. Full of Mediterranean flavours: olives, tomatoes, cucumber, avocados, and chicken for a complete meal in a salad bowl.

18. Mediterranean Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad

This creamy Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad has a Mediterranean flavor twist! A protein packed, gluten free and low carb lunch!