Greek Feta Stuffed Chicken with Oregano

A cheap and effortless way to jazz up chicken! Juicy chicken legs are filled with tangy Greek feta, garlic and fennel, then roasted until golden and irresistible. Pungent, earthy, and slightly peppery fresh oregano complements the tangy lemon, briny feta and rich chicken flavours beautifully. If unavailable, you can substitute it with thyme or rosemary. I used skin on boneless chicken legs, but you can leave the bone in or use 8 chicken thighs. Half the feta filling if you are going to use a whole chicken. Easy to make, but it's still fancy enough to serve at a dinner party.

	Dressing
200 g Feta cheese 2 tsp Fennel seeds, toasted and roughly crushed 4 Garlic cloves, crushed 1 tbsp Fresh lemon juice ¼ tsp Chilli flakes 4 Chicken legs ( I used skin on boneless chicken legs) Sea salt and ground pepper 1 tbsp Honey 2 tbp Olive oil 2 tbsp Fresh lemon juice	3 tbsp Olive oil Finely grated zest 1 lemon 1½ tbps Fresh lemon juice 3 Garlic cloves, minced 2 tbsp Chopped fresh oregano Sea salt and ground pepper

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Put the feta, fennel seeds, garlic, lemon juice and chilli in a small food processor and blitz until smooth.
Season the meat side of chicken legs. Using your fingers, gently loosen the skin and push the feta mixture under the skin, smoothing it into an even layer. Put the chicken legs into a roasting tray.
Stir the honey, olive oil and lemon juice together and brush over the chicken. Season well with salt and pepper.
Roast the chicken legs for 45 minutes until golden brown. Add the trimmed white asparagus after 25 minutes.
Stir all the ingredients for the dressing together and season with salt and pepper. Spoon the dressing over the chicken and serve with lemon wedges.

8 comments:

Anonymous 19/5/26 12:56: Yummy. So delicious.
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DEZMOND 19/5/26 13:03: What are those whitish sticks, asparagus?
ellie 19/5/26 13:33: Looks scrumptious!
Caitlin&Megan 19/5/26 13:34: So wonderful! Thanks so much! Yum!
Brian's Home Blog 19/5/26 15:33: YUM! That would make my tummy smile!
sotis 19/5/26 18:31: oh qu'il me plait ton poulet, j'aime beaucoup ces saveurs!!!! bisous
Ananka 19/5/26 20:17: Looks good :-D
Balvinder 19/5/26 20:23: Really love effortless recipes like these. This is perfect for weekdays dinner.