Meal Prep Greek Chicken Gyro Bowls
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Easy, healthy, and incredibly delicious Meal Prep Greek Chicken Gyro Bowls are ready in 30 minutes and perfect for a quick dinner or make ahead on-the-go lunches.
If meal prep is your game, you’ve gotta try Meal Prep Chicken Fajitas and Taco Salad Meal Prep too!
I recently asked all of my Instagram followers if they’d be interested in me sharing more meal prep ideas and the answer was an overwhelming YES. So I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite recipes and I’m sharing them with you!
First up is this spin on Greek gyros and I know you’re going to love it as much as I do.
Rather than lamb or beef, I’ve used chicken for a lighter protein, and turned the whole thing into a bowl – one of my favorite ways to mix things up when I’m getting tired of old recipes! You can serve these without the pita bread too if you’re looking to make it low-carb or cut out some calories.
So what is in these chicken gyro bowls? A base of brown rice or quinoa, topped with juicy, marinated chicken, cucumber and tomato salad, crumbled feta cheese, and a quick cucumber tzatziki dressing.
I’ve been making this tzatziki dressing for years and it’s so simple and incredibly delicious. Don’t be intimidated by the name, it’s pretty much just throwing diced cucumbers, Greek yogurt, some fresh herbs, lemon juice, garlic, and salt and pepper into a food processor or blender and pulsing til smooth. Cover and chill for a while to let it thicken and you’re set!
You’ll want to put this dressing on everything!
These Chicken Gyro Bowls are easy to make ahead for on-the-go lunches throughout the week, but don’t feel like you have to go with the meal prep option if you don’t want to. I’ve served these up fresh for a quick dinner many times and it’s such a simple, delicious weeknight meal – my husband will devour seconds when I make these gyro bowls!
Meal Prep Greek Chicken Gyro Bowls
Ingredients
- 2-3 large, boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded to even thickness
- ¼ cup olive oil
- juice of one lemon
- 1 tablespoon chopped oregano
- 1 tablespoon chopped dill
- 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 cups cooked quinoa , or brown rice
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
- 3 pita breads
Cucumber Salad
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, diced
- 1 peeled cucumber, diced
- ¼ red onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- salt and pepper, to taste
Tzatziki Dressing
- ½ English cucumber, peeled and diced
- 2 cups cold, plain Greek yogurt
- 4 teaspoons minced garlic
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh dill
- juice of ½ lemon
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Dressing
- Puree all sauce ingredients in a blender or food processor (see note below recipe first!). Cover and chill until ready to serve. (If you have time, make this a few hours in advance or the night before so that the flavors can marinate)
Cucumber Salad
- Combine cucumber salad ingredients, stir, and set aside until ready to use.
Chicken
- Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, dill, thyme, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Combine marinade and chicken in a large ziploc bag, seal and chill for 15-30 minutes.
- Cook chicken on the stove, or on the grill over medium-high heat for 5-8 minutes on each side until cooked through. Allow to rest for 5 minutes, then thinly slice into strips.
Meal Prep
- Portion dressing, feta cheese, and cucumber salad into condiment cups. Fill three meal prep containers with brown rice (or quinoa), chicken, filled condiment cups, and pita bread. When ready to serve, remove condiment cups and heat chicken, rice, and pita bread before adding toppings.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Is the 1082 cal for just 1 meal or for the entire recipe??
I would like to know the answer to this question also – that’s a lot of calories for 1 meal!
It’s per serving. I’m not a dietician and get all the numbers from myfitnesspal.com feel free to double check any numbers that seem off 🙂
This is one of our all time favorite recipes and we come back to it all the time. It’s delicious, stores super well for prepping ahead and everyones loves it! Thank you!!
Delicious
Are the cAlories for 1 bowl or do i divide It (all Nutritional values by 3)
for 1!
Are you sure the nutritional values are for ONE bowl??
Can you break down how one bowl has 63g of protein?
Thank you
Protein in Chicken Breast: 43g
Protein in brown rice serving: 5g
Protein in an ounce of feta: 4g
I’m guessing the rest is coming from the greek yogurt.
63 may be a little high, but it isn’t too far off.
Hey looks great gonna give this a go this week! could i eat this cold?! X
Sure!
This is what I was looking for. Can’t wait to make this for the week! Thanks for sharing 🙂
You made my day!
You are so welcome!
Can you please proviDe the nutritional info for this recipe?
I recommend using MyFitnessPal. They have a great tool where you can input any recipe URL and it will generate all the nutritional information for you.
Could i sub shrimp for chicken? If so, should i still marinate with lemon or just herb/garlic/oul mixture? Thanks!
Hi Aimee! I haven’t done that with this recipe before so I can’t say for sure… but if so, I think you’re good to marinate the shrimp, too. I’d love to hear the outcome if you give it a try!
I’m looking forward to trying your meal prep recipes! when ready to eat, do you just microwave to reheat? if so does the chicken in this dish stay tender and juicy? any tricks to keep it that way if so? Thanks so much!
Hi Kelli! I reheat my meal prep recipes in the microwave.. I don’t feel like it dries the chicken out!