25 Awesome Greek Food Recipes To Include In Your Culinary Portfolio

Besides being colorful, and flavorful Greek dishes are healthy, filling, and full of vital nutrients. Using everyday pantry staples, you can roast, fry, sear, boil or stew these simple Greek recipes at home.

Consider trying our Greek food recipes today and enjoy mouthwatering exotic cuisines.

Quick Table: Greek Recipes

Recipes	Calories Per Serving	Preparation Time
Greek Stuffed Eggplants	268	10 Minutes
Greek Chicken Bowls	385	15 Minutes
Feta Cheese Saganaki	639	1 Minute
Greek Souvlaki With Pita	529	15 Minutes
Greek Soutzoukakia In Tomato Sauce	433	70 Minutes
Chicken Gyros With Tzatziki Sauce	886	20 Minutes
Greek Quesadillas	348	20 Minutes
Greek Eggplant Moussaka	309	15 Minutes
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls With Egg-Lemon Sauce	1104	10 Minutes
Greek Roasted Chicken And Potatoes	1180.4	10 Minutes
Greek White Bean Soup With Garlic And Lemon	495	2 Minutes
Mediterranean Meatballs Gyros Sandwich	343.67	15 Minutes
Easy Spanakopita(Greek Spinach Feta Pie)	380	20 Minutes
Greek Spastisio	378	10 Minutes
Greek Meatballs With Lemon Dill Rice	721	15 Minutes
Grilled Greek Potato In Foil With Feta And Oregano	169	2 Minutes
Easy Shrimp Saganaki	246	10 Minutes
Greek Salad Cucumber Noodle Bowl	211	20 Minutes
Greek Lamb Kleftiko With Potatoes, Oregano, And Lemon	751	20 Minutes
Beef Stifado	536	20 Minutes
Black Eye Pea Soup	697	20 Minutes
Greek Flatbread Recipe With Homemade Tzatziki	1260	35 Minutes
Greek Green Bean Salad	113	25 Minutes
Greek Peas Stew With Potatoes	376	10 Minutes
Greek Yogurt Pancake	341	15 Minutes

1. Greek Stuffed Eggplants

The stuffed eggplant is your best bet if you fancy a finger-licking Mediterranean flavor explosion.

This excellent culinary delight full of sweet eggplants, spicy sheep or beef meat sauce, creamy cheese, and tasty béchamel sauce will soon become your Mediterranean food of choice.

Calories Per Serving: 268

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

2. Greek Chicken Bowls

Chicken is sweet, but the exquisitely flavored Greek chicken bowl takes it a notch higher. This Greek culinary masterpiece will tickle your taste buds with tasty and natural ingredients.

Enjoy this flavorful Mediterranean culinary special with tasty chicken, crunchy cucumbers, and fluffy white rice.

Calories Per Serving: 385

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

3. Fried Feta Cheese Saganaki

Feta cheese saganaki is a simple, tasty Greek culinary delight that only requires five ingredients and five minutes to prepare.

This simple meal full of creamy and delicious feta cheese, tangy lemons, and beaten eggs will not dent your pockets.

Enjoy the delicious fried feta cheese saganaki on a busy weekday or lazy weekend with your friends and family. Fried feta cheese is perfect with red tomato slices and crusty, delicious pita bread. 

Calories Per Serving: 639

Preparation Time: 1 Minute

4. Greek Souvlaki With Pita

For an authentic taste of Greece, try the irresistible, juicy souvlaki and delicious pita bread dripping with tzatziki sauce, caramelized onions, and tomato wedges.

Souvlaki is a delectable Greek food wrap that creatively balances different textures and flavors. This healthy and tasty meal provides the perfect introduction to Greek cuisine.

Calories Per Serving: 529

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

5. Greek Soutzoukakia In Tomato Sauce

For an indescribable explosion of flavor and texture, try the irresistible baked Greek meatballs (soutzoukakia) in a rich tomato base.

This simple and healthy comfort food features tomato juice (passata), eggs, ground beef, cloves, garlic, red wine, and stale bread.

The delectable soutzoukakia is perfect with steamy white rice or yogurt-infused mashed potatoes.

Calories Per Serving: 433

Preparation Time: 70 Minutes

6. Chicken Gyros Recipe With Tzatziki Sauce

The chicken gyro is a delicious Greek wrap featuring baked tender chicken breast, tasty tzatziki, tomato wedges, pita bread, and onions. 

Full of savory goodness, this delicate and easy-to-prepare meal is perfect for picnics, family dinners, and nights out.

Calories Per Serving: 886

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

7. Greek Quesadillas

Savory, delectable, healthy, and easy to make are some of the superlatives that describe the irresistibly cheesy Greek quesadillas.

Full of creamy mozzarella cheese, tasty greek yogurt tzatziki sauce, and an array of delicious spices, the Greek quesadillas is a culinary wonder to behold.

Calories Per Serving: 348

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

8. Greek Eggplant Moussaka

The greek eggplant moussaka is a delicately flavored Greek casserole that boasts an explosion of flavor due to its creative ingredients and cooking process.

This delicious Greek meal consists of four distinct layers featuring sliced potatoes, roasted eggplants, thick meat sauce, and creamy bechamel, yogurt, or cheese sauce.

Calories Per Serving: 309

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

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9. Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe In Egg-Lemon Sauce

If you’re planning on preparing a healthy, tasty, and filling meal for the cold winter days ahead, consider the stuffed cabbage with egg-lemon sauce rolls.

This Greek culinary special features warm, crusty, delicious rolls full of ground beef, chopped onions, cabbage, flour, rice, and parsley with egg-lemon sauce.

For the best result, add salt or pepper to your fillings and reduce the amount of olive oil.

Calories Per Serving: 1104

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

10. Greek Roasted Chicken And Potatoes

Apart from being savory, this Greek classic is easy to prepare, inexpensive, and uses everyday kitchen staples.

Roasted chicken and potato is a popular Greek food combination, and with good reason. This culinary delight features chicken, oreganos, baked potatoes, chicken broth, and tangy lemon.

Calories Per Serving: 1180.4

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

11. Greek White Bean Soup With Garlic & Lemon

Greek winters are brutal, and there is no better way to survive the harsh weather than with a steaming plate of nutritious and tasty white bean soup garnished with garlic and tangy lemons.

The easy-to-make and tasty Greek fasolatha feature everyday pantry staples, including cannellini beans, minced onions, lemon zest, celery, and carrots. Add vegetable broth, bacon, sausages, or spinach for an extra flavor.

Calories Per Serving: 495 

Preparation Time: 2 Minutes

12. Mediterranean Meatballs Gyros Sandwich

The Mediterranean meatballs gyros sandwich offers a creative recipe twist to the famous Greek gyro dish.

This unique and tasty dish consists of flavorful meatballs wrapped in moist pita bread topped with a tomato-cucumber salad, tzatziki sauce and olive oil.

Calories Per Serving: 343.67

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

13. Easy Spanakopita (Greek Spinach And Feta Pie)

Whether in Athens, Helios or Patras, you’ll most likely bump across the spanakopita or Greek spinach pie. The flavorful and filling Greek culinary delight is quite popular due to its intense flavor, smooth texture, and great aroma.

The spanakopita is easy to make and features crunchy spinach, ricotta, feta cheese, toasted pine nuts, nutmegs, and filo dough sheets.

Calories Per Serving: 380 

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

14. Greek Pastitsio

Pastitsio, a cross between lasagna and cheese macaroni, is a popular Mediterranean special that packs a heavy culinary punch.

The Greek pastitsio is the perfect family dinner full of delicious lamb mince, penne pasta or macaroni, parmesan cheese, and an extensive array of seasonings.

Calories Per Serving: 378

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

15. Greek Meatballs With Lemon Dill Rice

For a simple but satisfying Greek delight, look no further than the delicious greek meatballs with lemon dill rice.

This healthy and satisfying meal features fresh dill, tangy lemons, fluffy arborio rice, beef meatballs, chicken broth, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and various spices.

Calories Per Serving: 721

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

16. Grilled Greek Potatoes In Foil With Feta And Oregano

Grilled Greek potatoes are the perfect on-the-go meal! A bite of this savory, healthy, and easy-to-make Greek special will hook you in no time.

To prepare this addictive, on-the-go meal, you’ll need Greek potatoes, feta cheese, lemon juice, oregano, garlic powder, and black pepper.

Calories Per Serving: 169

Preparation Time: 2 Minutes

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17. Easy Shrimp Saganaki

The shrimp saganaki displays a delicate balance of flavor and texture in this Greek maritime masterpiece.

This Greek culinary delight is a simple, flavorful meal perfect for a family dinner or night out full of juicy shrimp, white wine, green olives, and tangy tomato.

Calories Per Serving: 246

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

18. Greek Salad Cucumber Noodle Bowl

The Greek salad cucumber noodle bowl is a healthy, tasty vegan dish perfect for any occasion. Apart from being simple to prepare, this dish is affordable and uses everyday pantry staples.

This greek vegan special contains juicy cherry tomatoes, English cucumbers, kalamata olives, leaf parsley, garbanzo beans, roasted red peppers, and red wine vinegar.

Calories Per Serving: 211

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

19. Greek Lamb Kleftiko With Potatoes, Oregano And Lemon

Lamb kleftiko (slow-cooked lamb is a popular Greek lamb recipe due to its decadent taste and exquisite aroma. This rustic traditional marinated Greek delight is perfect with fluffy potatoes and vegetables.

The secret to the perfect lamb kleftiko dish is to marinate it before cooking. Additionally, ensure that you slow cook it for a long time to render all the fats and muscle in the meat.

Calories Per Serving: 751

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

20. Beef Stifado

Here is yet another excellent meat dish that you will enjoy. The beef stifado (beef stew) is a slow-cooked beef stew dish featuring braised steaks, shallots, carrots, pepper, rich beef stock, and white wine.

This healthy and savory comfort food is perfect with a plate of fluffy rice, mashed potatoes, or rich pita bread.

Calories Per Serving: 536

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

21. Black Eye Pea Soup

Imagine a sip of flavorful, aromatic, thick, and steaming black-eye bean soup full of natural and healthy ingredients! The Greek black bean soup version is one you should try ASAP.

This heartwarming soup full of carrots, celery, ground beef, dried oregano, black-eye beans, and a ton of spices will nourish your body and soul. Enjoy this flavorful bowl of soup anytime and anywhere.

Calories Per Serving: 697

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

22. Greek Flatbread Recipe With Homemade Tzatziki

Try the delectable Greek flatbread with tzatziki sauce for the perfect party starter. This simple yet insanely flavorful appetizer uses everyday pantry staples to create the perfect party or dinner bites.

This delectable Greek starter features boneless chicken, lemon juice, oregano, English cucumbers, white vinegar, baby spinach, feta, and Greek yogurt.

Calories Per Serving: 1260

Preparation Time: 35 Minutes

23. Chickpea Greek Salad

The Greek green bean salad is a simple, no-hassle, low calories, keto, vegan dish that features tasty grape tomatoes, grain mustard, chickpeas taste, crumbled feta cheese, kalamata olives, and dried oregano.

This Greek chickpea green salad dish is the perfect dessert or side dish for your family dinner or party.

Calories Per Serving: 393

Preparation Time: 25 Minutes

24. Greek Peas Stew With Potatoes

If you’re down for peas, you’ll love the Greek peas stew and potato combination. 

This simple and flavorful meal uses fresh green peas, carrots, shallots, assorted spices, and diced potatoes.

Apart from being healthy, this delicious Greek meal uses everyday pantry staples and takes a little time to prepare.

Calories Per Serving: 376

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

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25. Greek Yogurt Pancakes

Wow, your guests and family with the incredibly soft and delicious Greek yogurt pancake.

This breakfast delight will soon become your go-to breakfast option using everyday ingredients and taking a fraction of your time.

This delicately flavored and textured pancake contains plain Greek yogurt, plain milk, all-purpose flour, and different topping options(syrup, honey, powdered sugar)

Calories Per Serving: 341

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Are The Famous Greek Foods?

Some popular traditional Greek foods include Moussaka, Fasolatha, Kulouri, Yemista, Luokomades, Souvlaki, Dolmades, and Keftethedes.

Apart from the traditional foods, the Greeks have also adapted several modern recipes and customized them to fit their tastes.

What Are The Best Greek Dinner Food Options?

For dinner, appetizers try dry fig souvlaki, marinated eggplant with capers and mint, vegetable salad, or green chickpea salad.

Excellent dinner main course options include soutzakika in tomato, lamb kleftiko, pras stew with potatoes, and beef stifado. For dessert, consider orange and honey sorbet, chocolate baklava, and butter cookies.

Can You List The Best Vegetarian Greek Dishes?

Greek vegetarians have a wide array of vegetarian dish options.

Popular Greek vegetarian dishes include vegetable fritters, tzatziki, patzaria, horiatiki, dakos, briam, vrasta, dolmades, fava, Gigantes, spanakopita, genista, and spanakopita.