This delicious roasted stuffed chicken has a tomato-feta filling with pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes, lots of garlic, and herbs. All the flavors and scents of the Mediterranean we love are in this one dish.
How to make stuffed chicken with tomatoes & feta
This Greek chicken recipe is easy. It sounds fancy, but it’s really a simple, easy meal to make for your family.
The tomato and feta filling makes a real treat of a bite combined with the tender roasted chicken.
Baking the chicken breast side down for the first half of the cooking results in a very juicy, tender chicken breast.
The potatoes roast in the tomato and feta broth under the chicken drippings. A match made in heaven or what?
Here is what you need:
Preheat oven to 425 F.
Chop and drain tomatoes really well. You don’t want too much tomato juice in the mixture.
Mix tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, garlic, oregano, and olive oil.
Rub the chicken with lemon, a little olive oil, sea salt, and Aleppo pepper. Season inside the cavity with a little sea salt and freshly ground pepper. If your feta cheese is salty, skip the sea salt.
Stuff the chicken cavity with the tomato feta mix. Close and secure the cavity with some toothpicks or kitchen twine and needle.
Find a tight-fitting pan, place chicken breast side down, and roast for 40 minutes or so. (Image 1)
Turn chicken breast side up. Pour the wine all over the chicken and roast for 20 minutes. (Image 2)
Arrange the potatoes on a single layer on a roasting pan. Drizzle some olive oil and season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
Remove the chicken to a plate. Pour half of the juices from the chicken pan all over the potatoes. Mix potatoes gently to coat with the juices.
Place chicken on top of potatoes, breast side up this time. Pour the rest of the juices over the chicken and roast for another 40 minutes or until juices run clear and chicken is cooked through. (Image 3)
If the chicken is browning too quickly, cover it loosely with aluminum foil.
Remove chicken to a serving platter, cover with aluminum foil, and set aside. Continue roasting the potatoes until they have nice crispy edges and tender flesh, about 30 more minutes.
Once the potatoes are done, place them on the serving platter surrounding the chicken. Pour all of the delicious sauce from the pan into a sauceboat.
Remove the kitchen twine or toothpicks from the chicken.
Carve chicken and serve with a generous tablespoon of stuffing and potatoes. A couple of generous tablespoons of sauce are highly recommended on top!
Helpful Q & A
Instead of a whole chicken, you can make baked stuffed chicken breasts. Slice the chicken breast through the middle horizontally within a half-inch of the other side. Open the two sides and spread them out. Spread the tomato filling evenly on each side. Close the chicken sides over the filling. Secure with wrapping chicken breast with kitchen twine if you need to.
Bake in a 425 F oven for about 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
Yes, you can use canned tomatoes instead of fresh ones. That is what I do in the winter when good tomatoes are not available. My favorites are San Marzano D.O.P.
You will need to drain all liquids first. Remove tomatoes from the can, drain the liquid, chop them, or squash them lightly with your hand. Drain again; you don’t want too much liquid. Use them in the recipe as you would with fresh tomatoes.
- If sun-dried tomatoes are not available feel free to omit them altogether.
- If you are out of pine nuts you can use walnuts
- You can substitute Aleppo pepper with crushed red pepper flakes.
- Use broth or water instead of wine if you do not wish to use alcohol.
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- These delicious lemon potatoes with garlic and oregano are easy to make with few ingredients.
- This is the vegetarian version of papoutsakia or Greek stuffed eggplants is a classic and satisfying dish.
- This traditional Greek turkey stuffing is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner. Your family will love it!
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Stuffed Chicken with Tomatoes & Feta
Ingredients
- 4-5 lbs free range chicken
- 1 lemon cut in half
- ⅔ cup tomatoes chopped and drained
- ¼ cup sundried tomatoes in olive chopped
- ⅓ cup pine nuts
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup sweet wine Mavrodafni or Marsala.
- 1 cup Greek feta cheese crumbled
- 4 yukon gold potatoes medium size
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- dry oregano
- aleppo pepper
- sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 F
- Chop and drain tomatoes really well. You don't want to much tomato juice in the mixture.
- Mix the chopped tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, garlic, 1 tablespoon oregano and 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Rub the chicken with the cut sides of a lemon, a little olive oil, sea salt, and Aleppo pepper.
- Stuff the chicken cavity with the tomato-feta mix. Close and secure the cavity with some toothpicks or kitchen twine and needle.
- Use a tight fitting roasting pan, place chicken breast side down and and roast for 40 minutes.
- Remove chicken from oven and turn it breast side up. Pour the wine all over chicken. Roast for another 20 min.
- Place potatoes in a baking pan in a sigle layer. Season with sea salt, freshly ground pepper, a pinch or two of oregano and the rest of the olive oil. Mix well.
- Move chicken on a plate. Pour half of the liquid in the pan all over potatoes. Place chicken on the potatoes, breast side up. Pour the rest of the liquid all over chicken.Roast for 30 minutes. If the chicken is browning too quickly, cover it loosely with aluminum foil.
- Move chicken on a serving plattter and cover with aluminum foil. Continue to roast the poatoes for another 30 minutes or until they have nice crispy edges and are tender and cooked through.
- When potatoes are done, arrange them around the chicken. Pour the sauce from the pan in a sauce boat and serve.
Notes
- If sun-dried tomatoes are not available feel free to omit them altogether.
- If you are out of pine nuts you can use walnuts
- You can substitute Aleppo pepper with crushed red pepper flakes.
- Use broth or water instead of wine if you do not wish to use alcohol.
Nutrition
You can never go wrong with a great chicken dinner. This is perfect for any night of the week. Great for Sunday supper too.
Thank you Gloria!
I don’t have the habit of roasting chicken as I am always afraid it will just turn out too dry to bother, but this recipe might just be the one that turns my skeptic mind around! There is no way that filling will not help with moisture.
The feta and tomatoes make a wonderful stuffing that gives this baked chicken a flavor that’s anything but simple.
Thank you, Sharon!
What a flavorful stuffing and the chicken looks perfect. Would be a great holiday dinner
Beautiful and looks easy too! My kind of cooking! I bet this recipe makes the house smell good too…
You have so many great recipes! This tomato and feta stuffed roast chicken sounds delicious. I often make a roast chicken, so next time round this is how I’m going to do it!
Thank you so much, Jacqueline!
Yummy! My chicken turned out so juicy and flavorful. I loved the added tanginess from the feta, the flavors all meld together really well!
Really happy you like it, Tara! Thank you so much!
Such and easy and delicious family dinner idea. That stuffing was so tasty…will definitely be making this again.
Thank you so much, Debra! Really happy you like the stuffing!
This is such a great recipe! We’ve never stuffed a whole chicken with feta before but it makes so much sense – the flavors were so good. Another great recipe, thanks!
Thank you so much, Tracy! So happy you like it!
This stuffed whole chicken looks amazing! Love the flavours you have combined in that stuffing. Sounds perfect for dinner tomorrow.
Thank you so much, Sam! Hope you like it!
What a lovely recipe for stuffed chicken. I must give this a try. It looks absolutely amazing and I bet it tastes so delicious. I saved the recipe to give it a try. Thanks.
Thank you so much, Natalie! Hope you like it!