My Big Fat Greek Chicken Salad
with Marinated Tomato & Lemon Tahini Dressing
- Eggs
- Milk
- Sesame
Looking for delicious lunch or dinner ideas? That’s what’s in store with this salad, made with pre-measured, high-quality ingredients. Much like the Portokalos family in the rom-com, this salad is more boisterous than the typical Greek salad. It starts with a big bowl of crisp lettuce tossed with juicy lemon-shallot marinated tomato, fresh cukes, and savory-spiced chicken. It’s all drizzled with a creamy garlic-lemon-tahini Greek vinaigrette. Light and satisfying–it’s a match made in heaven.
Ingredients
1 unit
Baby Lettuce
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
1 unit
Lemon
1.5 ounce
Greek Vinaigrette
(Contains: Eggs, Milk)
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
1 unit
Tomato
1 clove
Garlic
1 tablespoon
Tuscan Heat Spice
4 tablespoon
Tahini
(Contains: Sesame)
1 unit
Shallot
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces. Halve, peel, and very thinly slice shallot. Mince garlic. Halve lemon. Trim and discard root end from lettuce; chop leaves into bite-size pieces. Trim and halve cucumber lengthwise; slice crosswise into ¼-inch-thick half-moons.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together half the Greek vinaigrette, 1 TBSP olive oil, ¼ tsp Tuscan Heat Spice, and ½ tsp sugar. (For 4 servings, use 2 TBSP olive oil, ½ tsp Tuscan Heat Spice, and 1 tsp sugar.) Season with salt and pepper. • Add tomato and as much shallot as you like; toss to coat. Set aside to marinate.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels; season all over with remaining Tuscan Heat Spice, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken in a single layer; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
• While chicken cooks, in a small bowl, combine garlic, juice from whole lemon (two lemons for 4 servings), tahini, remaining Greek vinaigrette, and 1 TBSP olive oil (2 TBSP for 4). Add water 1 tsp at a time until dressing reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• To bowl with marinated tomato, add lettuce and cucumber; toss until thoroughly coated.
• Divide salad between plates; top with chicken. Drizzle with dressing and serve.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the variety of flavors, especially the marinated tomatoes and shallots. Some found the Tuscan heat spice a bit strong.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to prepare with minimal cleanup, though a few felt it was a lot of work for a salad.
- Suggestions: Consider adding feta cheese and olives for more authentic Greek flavor. Try a vinegar-based dressing if you find tahini overwhelming.
- Portions: Several customers noted the lettuce portion was too small for two; consider supplementing with extra greens 🥗.
- Chicken: Some found the chicken pieces too small or difficult to cook; using whole breast halves and slicing after cooking might work better.
Reviews from our home cooks
Can't go too wrong with salad, however for Greek dressing, this was more Caesar than Greek. I would do a better dressing. 1 small thing of lettuce, too small for 2 people we had to get more. My cucumber was small and old (not rotten, but shriveled up), we again had to get a fresh one to use. This salad was a good size for 1 person.
This was really delicious and fresh. I added extra veggies and craisins. The dressing was very good. I'll definitely try this one again.
Easy clean up, quick prep and cook. Meal was very flavorful. Enjoyed every bite.
Fantastic! Great to have salad options. Loved the seasoning on the chicken.
Chicken strips were more like chicken pieces but that was fine for the recipe since it mixed into the salad anyway.
I used the juice from one lemon as the recipe stated, but I think it was too much. I think it would be better to have an exact measurement for this. It tasted much too acidic.
Veggies were great. Tahini was a little overwhelming and seemed excessive. Otherwise okay meal
We added our own toppings in addition to what the salad came with as we don't like eating tomatoes/cucumbers as much. It was good other than that though
This was really good, but the lettuce that came with the kit wasn't nearly enough for 2 people. I ended up buying more from the grocery store.
Yum. Tiniest lettuces ever so I had to supplement with lettuce from another meal. Would be even better with olives and/or feta.
