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Greek chicken bento boxes

Name: Greek chicken bento boxes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Meal prep
Ingredients: 1½ lb chicken breast; ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt; 1 lemon, juiced; 2 tsp dried oregano; 1 large cucumber, sliced; 2 cups cherry tomatoes; 1 cup hummus; 4 pita breads, cut in wedges; ½ cup olives; 1 tbsp olive oil; salt and pepper

Lemon-oregano chicken with hummus, pita and crunchy vegetables. No microwave queue.

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Ingredients

4 servings

About $18.48 for 4 servings.

Contains: milk, sesame, wheat. Packaged foods vary, so check the labels of what you buy.

How the cost and nutrition are worked out

Ingredient	Weight	Cost	kcal	Protein
chicken breast	680 g	$6.14	816	153.1 g
plain Greek yogurt	61 g	$0.37	45	6.1 g
lemon, juiced	48 g	$0.79	11	0.2 g
dried oregano	5 g	$0.16	14	0.6 g
large cucumber, sliced	300 g	$0.89	45	2.1 g
cherry tomatoes	298 g	$3.46	54	2.7 g
hummus	246 g	$3.03	408	19.4 g
pita breads, cut in wedges	240 g	$1.99	660	21.8 g
olives	68 g	$1.39	78	0.5 g
olive oil	14 g	$0.23	119	0.0 g

Totals divided by 4 servings. Salt, pepper, water and a film of oil for the pan are not counted. Prices are estimated US supermarket prices (October 2026), charged for the amount used rather than the whole pack; nutrition is from USDA FoodData Central. Our method.

Method

Mix the yogurt, lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. Coat the chicken and leave for 10 minutes, or longer in the fridge.
Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Cook the chicken 6 to 8 minutes a side, until it reaches 165°F.
Rest for 5 minutes, then slice.
Fill 4 divided containers: chicken in the large section, vegetables and olives in one small section, hummus in the other.
Wrap the pita separately so it stays dry.

Storing

Refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking, in shallow sealed containers. Keeps 4 days in the fridge by US guidance; UK guidance is stricter and says eat cooked leftovers within 2 days. Not suited to freezing.

Reheating

Eat cold, or warm the chicken for 60 seconds.

Worth knowing

The yogurt marinade keeps breast meat tender for the whole week.

Food safety figures follow USDA leftovers guidance, the FoodSafety.gov storage chart and safe cooking temperatures, UK chilling and freezing guidance.

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