9 Easy Greek Recipes For Kids

Want to find some easy Greek recipes for kids? We've listed 9 below that we have found to be favourites with kids. 

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 CHEESE PIE (TIROPITA)

 Nice, light and delicious.

CHICKEN LEMONATO

 A simple and traditional Greek recipe for preparing chicken. Very popular with the kids! 

 KEFTEDAKIA

 These are especially good at kids' parties. They disappear really quickly!

 PASTICHIO

 Just watch this disappear down their throats! A favourite with adults as well.

 PATATOPITA (POTATO PIE)

 A relatively easy to make pie that seems to be a favourite with a lot of people, especially kids! Extremely filling and delicious!

 SOUTZOUKAKIA

 Another variation on meatballs. They are ideally served with rice and are very easy to prepare.

 TIGANITES

 These are very similar to pancakes and were very often made by grannies for their young grandchildren - they're really easy to make.

 YOUVRALAKIA

 A variation on meatballs, served as a kind of soup.

 ZUCCHINI FRITTERS

 A delicious and healthy kids' snack.

Eat and Enjoy

 

Greek Chicken Lemonato

 This is a simple and traditional Greek recipe for preparing chicken. It's very popular and is also a favourite with the kids! This recipe serves 4.

Ingredients

For the chicken

2 chicken legs

2 chicken breasts

60ml olive oil

Juice from 1 large lemon

4 large garlic cloves sliced

1 full tbsp flour

1 level tbsp oregano

120ml warm water

Salt and pepper to taste

For the rice

1 cup (approx 250g) pilau rice

2 cups water

50g butter

Preparation

Chicken

Put the oil in a shallow pan and heat.

Add the 4 chicken portions and fry for 5 minutes on each side.

Add the garlic and fry for another 1 minute, to add aroma.

Add the water, oregano, salt and pepper.

Bring to the boil and then simmer for 45 minutes.

After it has simmered, dissolve the flour in the lemon juice and 2 tbsp water.

Add this flour and lemon mixture to the pan and mix it into the liquid.

Simmer for another 2-3 minutes.

Rice

While the chicken is simmering for the 45 minutes, you can prepare the rice.

Put the rice, water, butter and some salt to taste in a pan and bring to the boil.

Stir once just to dissolve the butter and then cover the pan, lower the heat to minimum and simmer for 15 minutes without removing the lid.

The water should now be absorbed. Remove the lid, cover with kitchen paper or a clean cloth/towel and put the lid back on until you serve it with the chicken.

You can pour some of the liquid from the chicken pan on top of each serving of rice (see photo).


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Greek Chicken With Peppers, Olives And Hilopites

This is a simple Greek recipe often prepared in the villages. Along with the green peppers and olives, the chicken is also served with hilopites. Hilopites are a kind of egg noodle widely available in Greece, which can either be small squares or ribbons (see photo). If they are not available where you live, then tagiatelli is a suitable alternative.

The photo shows leg of chicken, but obviously it can also be breast, depending on people's preferences. Kids love this dish, by the way!

Ingredients

1 free-range chicken cut into portions

½ kg hilopites (or tagiatelli)

3 green peppers sliced

2 large onions finely chopped

1 kg tomatoes peeled and grated

10 stone-less olives

120 ml olive oil

60 ml red wine

2 cloves garlic finely chopped

2 tbsp parsley finely chopped

½ tsp thyme

1 bay leaf

Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Put the oil in a wide, shallow pan and fry the chicken portions on both sides – approx. 4 minutes each side until it colours.

Add the red wine, salt and pepper and leave for 2-3 minutes.

Add the onions, garlic, parsley, bay leaf and thyme and stir for 2-3 minutes.

Add the tomatoes and peppers and mix them in.

Cover the pan, lower the heat and simmer for 1½ - 2 hrs – until the chicken is tender. Add the olives approx. 5-10 minutes before the end.

In the meantime, boil the hilopites (or tagiatelli) in salted water just as you would prepare spaghetti or any other pasta. Add butter when they are ready.

Serve the chicken mixture on top of the hilopites.


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