The Mediterranean region boasts ingredients like olive oil, olives, several types of herbs and spices, and numerous citrus fruits. These ingredients are colorful, delicious and heart-healthy. Greek-style chicken souvlaki is a beautiful dish that showcases some of these foods. It’s a prime example of how a few high-quality, fresh ingredients and kitchen staples can turn ordinary chicken into a special Mediterranean recipe.
Chicken souvlaki is made of marinated garlic- and lemon-scented meat threaded onto skewers and cooked on a grill. It doesn’t get more classic—or classical—than food cooked on sticks over fire: Homer mentioned a food much like souvlaki in The Iliad, and historical records show that people have been eating bits of flame-kissed marinated meat since the Bronze Age.