Gemista (Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers)
Greek oven-baked tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice, pine nuts, and currants.
12 recipes using potatoes — Moussaka, souvlaki, tzatziki — flavours of the Mediterranean.
These 12 greek potatoes recipes are ready in about 89 minutes on average, with 260–580 kcal per serving, and 33% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
Greek cooking leans on sun-ripened produce, lashings of olive oil and bright lemon and herbs to keep everything fresh and vivid. When Greek cooks work with potatoes, they reach for olive oil, lemon, oregano, garlic, feta and fresh dill, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are roasting, baking, simmering and braising.
The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, onion, olive oil, dried oregano, fine sea salt and fresh parsley. The dishes here span greek classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Kleftiko (Greek Slow-Roasted Lamb in Parchment) is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,780 ratings.
Greek oven-baked tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice, pine nuts, and currants.
Baked white fish with lemon, herbs, and crispy roasted potatoes.
Slow-stewed eggplant, courgette, peppers and tomatoes — the everyday Greek vegetable dish from one of the world's Blue Zones.
Traditional Greek lamb shoulder or leg slow-roasted for 3–4 hours sealed in parchment paper with garlic, lemon, herbs and olive oil until falling-off-the-bone tender.
Rhodes Smoky Tomato Traybake turns greek pantry flavors into a complete traybake with sweet potatoes, olive oil, lemon, oregano and yogurt, and a fresh dill finish.
Greek Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake brings greek flavor to a practical traybake built with sweet potatoes, olive oil, lemon, oregano and yogurt, and a fresh dill finish.
A one-pan roast of chicken and potatoes bathed in lemon, garlic, and oregano until golden.
Tomatoes and peppers hollowed and stuffed with herbed rice, then slow-roasted until sweet and tender.
A hearty roasted mix of zucchini, potatoes, and eggplant in a garlicky tomato sauce.
White fish baked with potatoes, tomatoes, and a bright ginger-lemon olive oil, a coastal Greek plaki with a twist.
Whole roast chicken marinated in lemon, garlic, and oregano, roasted over potatoes until both are deeply charred and tender.
Green beans slow-braised in olive oil and tomato until meltingly tender, a classic Greek lathera vegetable dish.
Match the type to the dish: floury/starchy potatoes (Maris Piper, russet) for fluffy mash and crisp roasts; waxy ones for salads and gratins that need to hold their shape. Avoid green or sprouting tubers.
Store cool and dark, never in the fridge. Parboiling then roughing up the edges gives the crunchiest roast potatoes; soaking cut chips removes surface starch for crisper frying.
A filling source of potassium, vitamin C and resistant starch — most of the fibre and nutrients sit just under the skin.
Most of these 12 Greek potatoes recipes are ready in around 89 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Lemon Herb Fish with Potatoes, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 270 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 260 to 580 kcal per serving, averaging 432 kcal — Briam (Greek Roasted Vegetable Medley) is the lightest option at 260 kcal.
Lemon Herb Fish with Potatoes is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 35 minutes. 33% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, potatoes is most often paired with garlic, onion, olive oil, dried oregano, fine sea salt and fresh parsley. Greek kitchens also lean on olive oil, lemon, oregano, garlic, feta and fresh dill.
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