Chicken with feta cheese, dill, lemon & harissa yogurt from From the Oven to the Table: Simple Dishes That Look After Themselves (page 46) by Diana Henry

Ingredients

lemons
Greek yogurt
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Notes about this recipe

krista_72bovc on May 29, 2026

One of my family’s favourites. Great flavour combination. Sometimes I do not include the Greek yogurt component and it still works well.
gregory_eh7qnk on May 08, 2026

Scrumptious flavour profile. I make this routinely and it always delights me. Next to no effort for a delicious meal that impresses at a dinner party and is an excellent midweek supper. I have tinkered with it a little over the years - I now omit the the lemon juice (too tart for me) but use lots of zest, and I double the red onions.
sarah_22kzqy on May 03, 2026

Lovely spring flavours
sarah_22kzqy on May 03, 2026

Lovely spring flavours
sarah_22kzqy on May 03, 2026

Lovely spring flavours
Luckyme on January 26, 2026

We quite liked this cozy roasted chicken with the brightness of the lemon, dill and feta.
Pimlicocook on May 07, 2025

A good variation on this staple from Diana Henry, using some of my favourite things (dill, feta and lemon). A hands-off dish that looks great and is delicious. Served with baby spinach, orange and toasted pine nut salad, which worked nicely.
kari500 on January 30, 2024

I screwed this up by not cooking long enough, but overall we liked it a lot. I’m in the camp that didn’t feel it needed the yogurt, but the other two seemed to love it, so I will make again. I stirred the harissa into the yogurt, and added a bit of salt. I gave my potatoes a quick boil first, and would probably do so again. But like the idea of just starting them, and the onions, first. Loved the dill and feta, agree that maybe the zest isn’t needed, just a bit of juice. Like the idea of adding more veg to the pot to make it a one dish meal; I served with cucumber salad, but would be nice not to have to clean up extra. Used skinless boneless thighs and they worked fine.
Crumbles on April 29, 2023

Absolutely scrumptious. How can a dish be so good that takes so little time to create? I followed the recipe to the letter and will continue to do so. The dill, feta and lemon at the end are essential to elevate this wonderful dish to high status! Made it for friends and they were all smacking their chops and diving in for seconds. Says it all really. Incidentally, I followed it with Raymond Blanc's Strawberry & Mascarpone Tart (Simply Raymond) and that too went down a storm. Another incredibly easy recipe. Planning to do both dishes for the Coronation Weekend celebrations.
olive515 on April 07, 2023

Make this routinely, so easy and so good. I also love the similar MC recipe so add a leek to the veg here, as well as carrots/whatever root veg is languishing. It’s very adaptable. We add some harissa with the olive oil to the veg and chicken at the start, which brings more depth of flavor once roasted.
averythingcooks on March 16, 2023

I also made this with boneless, skinless thighs (6 for roughly 1/2 recipe), starting the potatoes & onions early. I used an "already zested lemon 1/2" so no zest but the combo of the juice, dill & feta was really good. I added some broccoli & grape tomatoes to pan with about 10 minutes to go to up the veg and, as we love harissa, made the yogurt. We both really liked this but I think we agree that Melissa Clark's "Harissa chicken with leeks, potatoes and yogurt" from DCTG is still our top choice for this style of dish.
mondraussie on March 07, 2023

Nice, quick and easy :)
chawkins on August 03, 2021

Delicious and cannot be easier. Made half of a recipe, used Vidalia onion and skipped the harissa yogurt.
zabeta on April 18, 2021

I make this regularly, never with the harissa yogurt. Delicious.
dc151 on January 13, 2021

I made the variation- chicken with tomato, parsley and pomegranate relish. That way the kids could use as a topping or eat just plain roast chicken. I broiled the chicken for a few minutes to get the skin a bit crispier. The yogurt harissa was a nice dip for the potatoes. I really liked the relish, and it was made of things I almost always have on hand (frozen pomegranate seeds are the best!). I would make this again. Next time, I'd put the potatoes in a few minutes before the chicken to give them a head start.
FJT on October 23, 2020

Delicious and really easy to make. I think the harissa yoghurt is essential, although I didn't use harissa but some chilli oil from a previous recipe that needed to be used up. The yoghurt sauce provides a fantastic hot/cold contrast and you can make it as spicy (or not) as you like. it doesn't overpower the other flavours.
KarinaFrancis on October 19, 2020

Another great dish from this book. The flavours work really well together and the feta, lemon and dill brighten everything up. I agree with Foodycat the harissa yogurt is optional
Zosia on March 03, 2020

I cut a whole chicken into 8 pieces for this dish and added cubed sweet potato to the pan. Everything was delicious with the toppings and the spicy yogurt.
westminstr on December 12, 2019

Really liked this. Used boneless skinless thighs which worked surprisingly well (I started the potatoes/onions earlier). The harissa yogurt needed salt. Rough quantities of everything, but that was fine. Flavors were great.
lilham on December 10, 2019

I skipped the dill but otherwise the same as per recipe. This is very nice and I love the slightly melted feta on the chicken. The children had it without the harissa yoghurt.
Foodycat on November 20, 2019

Very nice. I am not sure that adding the lemon zest at the end contributed much, but the lemon juice, dill and feta were delicious. I probably wouldn't do the harissa yoghurt again unless I was serving it with roast butternut or something that would really be enhanced by it.