Greek-style Chicken Meatballs with Tzatziki
These gluten-free Greek-Style Chicken Meatballs with Tzatziki are tender and flavourful. Made with an easy blend of mediterranean spices and served with a creamy homemade tzatziki, they’re a healthy Mediterranean-inspired dinner that’s easy enough for busy weeknights, perfect for meal prep or bringing to potlucks. They’re deliciously served with rice, roasted vegetables, or a fresh Greek salad.
What I love about Greek-style Chicken Meatballs with Tzatziki
I recently whipped up these Greek-style Chicken Meatballs with Tzatziki, and I’m absolutely obsessed! Not only are they incredibly tender, but they’re also bursting with vibrant flavors. Instead of frying them in batches on the stovetop, I bake them in the oven, which simplifies the cooking process significantly. Since leaner meats like chicken and turkey can dry out easily, they need a little extra help to stay moist. Fortunately, the butter in these meatballs keeps them super delicious.
On top of that, I’m a huge fan of homemade tzatziki—there’s truly nothing like it! Once you try making it yourself, you’ll never go back to store-bought, I promise. Made with wholesome, fresh ingredients like Greek yogurt, cucumber, and dill, it’s creamy, zesty, and tastes like a burst of summer. When paired with these chicken meatballs, it creates a delicious and effortless meal. Plus, it stores well in the fridge, so any leftovers can be enjoyed over the next few days. For a complete meal, simply add a fresh Greek salad, and you’re all set!
What you will need to make Greek-style Chicken Meatballs and Tzatziki
Here’s a list of ingredients that you will need:
- Ground chicken – You can use ground chicken or ground turkey for the meatballs. If you can’t find either, what I’ve done in the past is bought boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed them and threw them in the food processor to make my own ground chicken. It works great!
- Fresh herbs – Mmmm, I LOVE fresh dill. There’s just something about that smell. The flavour too is so unique, fresh and tasty. You will need fresh dill for both the meatballs and the tzatziki. You will also need a little fresh oregano for the tzatziki. If you have any leftover oregano, it could be used in a meat sauce, a lasagna or used for another Italian-style recipe.
- Greek yogurt – You definitely want to find the highest fat content for the greek yogurt. Because we are adding lemon juice and fresh grated cucumber, we need to try to prevent the tzatziki from having too much liquid. We want it nice and thick, hence the high-fat greek yogurt.
- Cucumber – Long English cucumber works best for the tzatziki. I don’t recommend field cucumber because of the high water content and seeds.
- Olive oil – I recommend using a good quality, extra virgin olive oil for the tzatziki.
Greek-style Chicken Meatballs with Tzatziki
Equipment
- 1 Baking Sheet
Ingredients
For the chicken meatballs:
- 2 pounds organic ground chicken
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tsp dried dill
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
For the tzatziki:
- 1 cup full-fat plain greek yogurt
- 1 cup cucumber grated
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/3 cup fresh dill finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the chicken, melted butter, garlic, dill, oregano, onion powder, cinnamon and salt and pepper. Mix well with your hands until all of the ingredients are fully combined. Wash your hands thoroughly.
- With a small cookie scoop, scoop the chicken meatball mixture onto the lined baking sheet in rows leaving an inch between each meatball.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until meatballs are fully cooked.
- While the meatballs are cooking make the tzatziki: In a small mixing bowl, add the yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, dill, olive oil, oregano and salt and mix well until combined.
- Add the grated cucumber to a dish towel and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. It will be more like 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup once you're done this step. Add the cucumber to the yogurt mixture and mix to combine.
- Enjoy immediately with warm chicken meatballs. Yum!