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Lemon Chicken

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If your chicken needs a lift in taste, try adding lemon!

 "This was delicious. I thickend the juice left from the cooked chicken with some butter and a little flour and served it over pasta. A great, easy dinner that packs in a lot of flavor. " - CandiceSteele

Yield: 4 Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: CanadianMain Ingredient: Chicken

(3.9, 14) 79% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
1 tablespoonExtra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cloveGarlic; crushed through a press
pinchSalt
pinchBlack Pepper; freshly ground
4 largeBoneless chicken breast halves; (1 1/2 lbs total)
1 teaspoonFresh thyme leaves; stripped from stem, or 1/4 tspoon dried
4 small slicesLemon; thin

Lemon Chicken Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 (F). Combine the oil, garlic, salt and pepper in a shallow baking dish. Add the chicken and turn in the oil until coated. Arrange smooth side down and sprinkle with half of the thyme. Arrange the lemon slices around the chicken.

Bake the chicken 8 minutes. Turn the chicken smooth side up. Place a lemon slice on each piece of the chicken and sprinkle with remaining thyme. Bake until the center is no longer pink (about 8-10 min.).

Do not over cook. Serve warm or at room temperature with the pan juices spooned on top.

Use more lemon if desired.

Notes

Spice up your chicken dinner with lemon

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    • Calories Per Serving: 167
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    Lemon Chicken Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    My 10yr old Daughter asked for seconds. Very simple and I served it over fried spaghetti.
    3 weeks, 6 days, 1 hours, ago
    Bland
    2 months, 6 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes ago
    2 months, 3 weeks, 18 hours, 56 minutes ago
    I loved this recipe! I added a little lemon juice in the baking dish as it cooked-that was just enough lemon flavor!
    1 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 9 hours, 26 minutes ago
    Cooking time was longer than suggested, but still was very tasty
    1 years, 6 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 4 hours, 2 minutes ago
    Awesome dish!
    1 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes ago
    This had such good reviews, I was disappointed to find it was quite bland. I'm not planning to try it again, but if I did, I would use much more lemon.
    2 years, 4 weeks, 9 hours, 49 minutes ago
    Delicious
    2 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 18 hours, 7 minutes ago
    Very good recipe! Kids loved it, super easy to make and will do so again.

    Would add more than just a pinch of salt though.
    2 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, 1 days, 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
    I mixed half of freshly squeezed lemon juice with the olive oil and seasonings, including dried thyme.
    2 years, 11 months, 1 days, 21 hours, 12 minutes ago
    Ok, very light but I served it with a lemon parpedelle, drizzles of grape seed oil,
    3 years, 1 weeks, 12 hours, 8 minutes ago
    Great flavor and the lemon gives it a zing.
    3 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours, 51 minutes ago
    This was delicious. I thickend the juice left from the cooked chicken with some butter and a little flour and served it over pasta. A great, easy dinner that packs in a lot of flavor.
    7 years, 6 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 18 minutes ago
    Spice up your chicken dinner with lemon
    [I posted this recipe.]
    8 years, 6 months, 3 days, 9 hours, 23 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. Main Dish
    2. Bake
    3. Quick
    4. Spring
    5. Summer
    6. Winter
    7. Low-Carb
    8. Canadian
    9. Chicken
    10. Dinner
    11. Lunch

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