These Greek Protein and Grain Bowls have it all: fresh vegetables, seasoned roasted chicken breast, protein-packed chickpeas, delicious couscous, olives, and feta cheese. These bowls offer the convenience of a grab-and-go salad, but are homemade so that you’re in control of the ingredients. Serve these bowls for a nutritious dinner, or meal prep lunch for the week; either way, you’ll be out of the kitchen in under thirty minutes.
What you’ll need to make Greek Protein and Grain Bowls
Don’t worry; maybe this ingredient list seems long, but a majority of it is for the spice mixture that gets rubbed on the chicken. I can guarantee that you have most (if not all) of these spices in your cabinet already. And if you are missing one, don’t fret. You can adjust this recipe accordingly.
- chicken tenders (or chicken breast)
- spice rub:
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- coriander
- paprika
- Italian seasoning
- kosher salt
- dried dill
- nutmeg
- red onion
- Near East couscous
- any flavor of this will do, or if you have another brand you enjoy, use that one, just make sure to update your nutritional information accordingly, as always
- cucumber
- cherry tomatoes
- fat free feta
- black olives
- chickpeas
- red wine vinegar
How to prepare the chicken
The chicken and the red onion cook at the same time on a sheet pan. So to start, preheat your oven to 400F. Thinly slice the onion while you wait for the oven to preheat. This chicken is flavored with a really quick and easy-to-make spice rub. I love using chicken tenderloins for this recipe, because they cook super fast. Of course, when I went to make this recipe most recently, the store was out of tenders. Instead, I bought chicken breast and sliced it into tender-sized pieces. Either way works. To make the spice rub, simply combine all of the spices together in a small bowl. Then, rub it all over the pieces of chicken, so that they are evenly coated.
Spray a sheet pan with olive oil spray, and then place the chicken pieces spread out on one side of the sheet pan, and the sliced onion on the other side. Add another spray of olive oil. Roast the chicken and onion for 15 minutes. You’ll know the chicken is done when the internal temperature is at least 165F. I use this meat thermometer to help me gauge when my proteins are cooked. When the chicken is done, place it on a cutting board and chop it into bite-sized pieces.
How to make the Greek salad
Grab a large mixing bowl to prep the salad. Prepare the couscous according to the package directions. For the one I used, I removed the oil from the recipe because I didn’t feel it was necessary. Since the couscous gets added to the rest of the ingredients, it really does not need the oil here. While that cooks, you can prep the other ingredients.
Peel and slice the cucumber; half the cherry tomatoes. Measure out and chop the olives. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Measure out the feta cheese. Add all of the ingredients to the bowl and toss them. Add the cooked chicken pieces and the roasted red onion to the bowl. Finally, add the red wine vinegar, the extra dried dill, and the fresh mint.
How to serve Greek Protein and Grain Bowls
This is an all-in-one dish, which makes it perfect for a quick weeknight dinner. It’s done in under 30 minutes, and it has everything you are looking for when it comes to a well-rounded meal: protein, vegetables, and a grain. This would also be delicious with some yogurt sauce on top: you can click here to find my recipe for yogurt sauce. Since this is is an all-in-one meal and so quick to prepare, this makes for the perfect dish to meal prep. Each serving is a heaping 2 cup portion, so it’s a really generous and filling portion for lunch. When I meal prep this, I pre-portion out my servings in my meal prep containers. You can also just keep this covered in the mixing bowl in the fridge, whatever works!

Greek Protein and Grain Bowls
Equipment
- sauce pan
- sheet pan
- mixing bowl
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 lbs chicken breast
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp dried dill
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
Other Ingredients
- 1 red onion
- 1 box Near East Couscous
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup fat free feta cheese, 5 oz package
- 1/2 cup black olives
- 1.5 cups chickpeas, 19 oz can
- 1/2 tsp dried dill
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup mint, fresh, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Thinly slice the red onion. Slice the chicken breast into tenders.
- Combine the spices for the chicken in a bowl, and then coat the chicken tenders.
- Spray a sheet pan with olive oil spray, and add the onions to one side, and the chicken to the other side.
- Spray the tops of the chicken and the onions with more olive oil spray.
- Roast for 15 minutes.
- Set the chicken aside to cool and then chop into bite-sized pieces.
- Prepare the couscous according to package directions, omitting the olive oil if desired.
- Grab a large mixing bowl.
- Peel and slice the cucumbers and half the cherry tomatoes.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas.
- Slice the olives.
- Add the cucumbers, tomato, cooked red onion, couscous, chickpeas, feta, olives, cooked chicken, vinegar, and the extra dill and the fresh mint to the bowl and toss.
Weight Watchers
Notes
- 6 WW points (green plan)
- 4 WW points (blue and purple plans)
Nutrition
How-To Video
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- Greek Turkey Burgers with Cucumber Salad and Yogurt Sauce
- Greek sliders with pickled cucumbers and yogurt sauce
Delicious and easy to make looking forward to placing this one in my rotation.
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This was a delicious combination of ingredients and very filling and tasty. Also it’s a beautiful dish with all the different colors. I think it would be great for a potluck too.
Holy cow, the FLAVOR in this dish is incredible! The chicken is so tender, the portions are huge, 5-star recipe for sure! I’m so excited for my lunches this week!
So good! I don’t like garbanzo beans or olives, so I just left them out. I used Israeli cous cous to give a little more bulk and it was delicious. Thank you Steph for another great menu option.
Soooo yummy! Doubled the recipe for meal prep for two for the week. The flavor is awesome. Super excited for lunch this week!
This was such an easy, quick and tasty recipe! I omitted the tomatoes as I’m not a huge fan and the combo of the grains and feta are so good! Took me about 35 mins to let the chicken cook and cool, and put it all together! I will definitely make this again!!
Just gobbled this down for lunch! Absolutely delicious! I’m not much for a leftover chicken kind of gal, but this was perfect. I didn’t heat mine up, like she suggested, and it was delicious. Definitely adding to my meal prep line up!
I meant to click 5 stars, but it won’t let me change it now!! 5 stars all the way!!
I loved this! It’s a perfect light and filling dish.
So so good! Such a quick meal and enough for lunches.
I meal prepped these for my husband and myself. instead of couscous I used quinoa and it came out great. So much flavor and a delicious meal for lunch. Highly recommend.
These were great! I meal prepped for lunch. The first 3 days were so tasty. The 4th day everything was mush, the cucumbers and tomatoes were breaking down and getting soft. I threw away what was left. I will definitely make again as the flavors were great but I will make half a batch at a time. I would also make this as a side dish for without the chicken. Thank you for the tasty recipe!
Love this for an easy meal prep. I omitted the feta to make it dairy free and added an extra tsp of salt and 1/4 cup extra red wine vinegar to make up for the difference. I also used kalmata olives instead of black olives.
Love love!!
This was super easy to make and was really delicious. Easy lunch meal prep for the week. A must try!
Okay…so I saw chick peas was an ingredient (not a big fan) so I almost didn’t make—so glad I did! This dish is so flavorful and full of yumminess. Make certain to use the mint and dill (I used fresh, not dried). Great dish…thank you for sharing.
Absolutely delicious!! The flavor in this protein bowl was amazing!! The seasoning on the chicken was spot on!! Will make this over and over again!!
Just made this and I can honestly say I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed my lunch more. This was absolutely delicious! Thank you Steph!
These are Delicious and refreshing! I love that as the weather is warming up we have options like this! I also love that I don’t have to heat it up at work!
So delicious and filling!!
Great for work lunches for the week! It kept great, was a huge portion, and I loved it cold! I’ll definitely be prepping this again for my work lunches!
Loved this! Easy quick healthy lunch!
This was easy to make and the the flavors are wonderful. I will defiantly be making this again
I love this dish! It’s my go to meal prep. Super filling!!!
I made this recipe for my lunch prep. It was so easy to make, filling, and delicious.
I think this may be my favorite chicken recipe from Steph by far. The chicken spice rub is amazing!! I made these abs subbed in brown rice (as I didn’t have cous cous on hand) and they are SO GOOD. Make this recipe!! It is really is truly delicious!
One of the best meal preps I’ve had! Good warmed up or cold.
Great prep ahead lunch option! I loved it and really appreciate the protein punch to my day.
I am completely obsessed with this dish! Made it one Sunday thinking it would be a great “light” dinner…it was SO filling! We were all stuffed and the leftovers were amazing for lunch the rest of the week. Have to stop myself from making it too often!
I was so sad when this week of lunches was over. Obsessed with this recipe and the portions are huge!
So good, easy to make and love that I can just pull it out of the fridge for lunch and it’s good to go!
This was delicious!!! Very easy to make and I have lunch for the week now!! Great flavors and very filling!!
The perfect meal prep!! Gives you such big portions for so little points. I’m obsessed
Delicious and filling. Easy to make and meal prep! Another winning recipe.
This was a super yummy and filling lunch. The spices on the chicken are fabulous. I would make the chicken as a standalone dish as well for dinner and serve with sides. I will definitely be making this again! Thanks, Steph!
This one had such a great flavor and very filling. I bring extras for my friends at work and they are always impressed. The balsamic glaze that I drizzled on top gave it the pop of flavor I enjoyed.
Another winner! I made half of the recipe and got 4 portions. Very filling! Next time I’ll make 5 portions.
Delicious! I love couscous so I knew I had to make this when Steph posted it. I even had people at work telling me how good it looked. Super easy, quick prep.
I’ve been wanting to make this recipe since you first posted it! I finally gathered everything I need and made it today. I’ve tasted it and it is delicious!! It will be dinner tonight. Cannot wait! Thanks again for another delicious and nutritious meal! xo
Delicious meal prep for lunches. I ate them cold. One serving was definitely enough to fill me up without any sides.
These have been on repeat for me for a while. Add the tomatoes and cukes daily to be “fresher”. Also no olives for me….but you do you. Awesome for the whole week!
Amazing flavors! I’ve made this twice for my meal preps and its so filling.
Love the flavor, love how much food I get, and it’s just so good!! Just made for 2nd time…everything I make from you is so good I’m always struggling to decide whether to make a recipe again or try something new!!!
Super tasty! Chicken is moist and flavourful (I subbed cinnamon for nutmeg because it’s what I already had in the house – it smelled so good). Portions are very generous, and I didn’t even use all the cous cous.
Another delicious recipe. The best part was the chicken, so moist and flavorful! I didn’t have couscous so I used quinoa instead. Can’t wait to eat it again!!
So good! I subbed quinoa for the couscous and air fried the chickpeas for some crunch!
This recipe is delicious! It is a weekly staple now. I like it best cold, so it is great for a super lunch or dinner. I am not a huge fan of chickpeas so I left it out last time. The yogurt dressing is an extra step that’s worth making for this dish! Yum!!!
This dish is amazing!! I meal prepped it for the week. Excluded the tomatoes. I used the mini cucumbers instead and just cut one up for each meal so they were nice and crisp. Highly recommend making this one!
Made this tasty treat without the meat (or feta, because I forgot to buy it) as a side. We’ve been eating on it for a few days and decided it will be what we make/take to our next summer outing. Another savory sensation.
I had some leftover grilled salmon today and broke it up in a bowl with this salad which was also delish. I’m no chef, but this site makes me feel like one!
Easy delicious and filling!
LOVE prepping this for easy weekday lunches! so good!
This is really yummy and made a ton of food for heaping portions. I hate being hungry and recipes like this make me so happy and full! 😉
This was easy and delicious!!!
Another winner! Easy and delicious. I have made this a few times and sometimes swap out the chicken for shrimp.
As always, amazing recipe! Thank you for your brilliance in the kitchen and making meal prep easy!
Wanted to try something new I haven’t made yet. This is delicious and very easy to make. Lunch for the week!! Thanks Steph for keeping recipes easy and delicious.
Made this for the upcoming week and am excited for it! It came together easily and the flavor is amazing!
This was delicious! Looking forward to leftovers!
This is one of my favorite recipe discovery in the past few years. It is so delicious. It doesn’t hurt that I love dill. This would be an ideal recipe to bring to a BBQ – no mayo or anything that goes bad quickly and the recipe serves a ton. So good!
i think this may be my favorite of all your recipes! Made for lunches but could wait and decided to have a serving for dinner tonight! Thanks for all the great ideas especially with the meal prep…life saver!
Thanks!! Look delicious!!
do you think I could replace the couscous with quinoa?
I’m OBSESSED!! with this one!! Delicious, easy to make, and filling!!
I made this tonight and it is absolutely delicious. I have avoided couscous even though I love it thinking it was so high in points. But I see that a little goes a long way thank you
Husband said it’s the best thing he’s ever tasted!
Seasoning on chicken was DELISH! Used the same seasonings to make some separate chicken and kids LOVED it!
Already excited for lunch tomorrow! Such a great recipe.
So delicious! Historically I have not been a fan of meal preps, however, these meal preps have been so helpful in helping me get back on track. Thanks so much!
This is so good! Had it for dinner and taking it for lunch. I used farro since that’s what I had.
Thanks for another great recipe!
This was such a hit! Amazing flavor and easy to make! Cannot wait to have lunch this week! Your recipes are always amazing!
This was so good! We had it for dinner one night and lunch the next day. The chicken was perfectly cooked and not dry at all!
I haven’t tried yet, but why is the cholesterol so high?
So fresh and filling! Love it!!!