Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken

Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. For $2.43 per serving, this recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 353 calories, 47g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe from Life as a Strawberry has 27 fans. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have chicken stock, garlic, fresh thyme, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 83%, which is super. Try Easy Garlic Lemon Thyme Chicken, Easy Roasted Lemon-Garlic Picnic Chicken, and Easy Roasted Chicken With Lemon, Thyme And Garlic for similar recipes.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 30 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1.5 cups chicken stock

1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

5 sprigs fresh thyme

3 cloves garlic, diced

1 large lemon

salt and pepper to taste

2 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs

1 cup fresh spinach, roughly chopped

½ medium yellow onion, diced

Equipment:

oven

frying pan

stove

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.Heat olive oil in a large, oven-safe pan (I like to use a wide, deep skillet) over medium heat.Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper to taste.Place chicken thighs in the hot pan and sear for 4-5 minutes on each side until golden brown. Remove chicken to a plate and set aside, then return pan to stove over medium-high heat.Add onion and garlic to pan and saute until onion is translucent and has started to caramelize, about 4 minutes. If pan is looking a little dry, add another drizzle of olive oil to help the onion cook.Pull leaves off of thyme sprigs and add leaves to the onions, then season with salt and pepper.Squeeze all the juice out of the lemon. I like to squeeze juice into a separate bowl so I can make sure to pull out all of the seeds. Add lemon juice to onions and stir to combine.Add chicken stock and spinach to onions and stir to combine. Bring mixture to a simmer, then return seared chicken thighs to pan and spoon some of the broth over the top of them to help them stay moist.Place pan in 400 degree oven, uncovered, and cook 15-20 minutes more until chicken is cooked through. Serve immediately.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. Heat olive oil in a large, oven-safe pan (I like to use a wide, deep skillet) over medium heat.Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper to taste.

3. Place chicken thighs in the hot pan and sear for 4-5 minutes on each side until golden brown.

4. Remove chicken to a plate and set aside, then return pan to stove over medium-high heat.

5. Add onion and garlic to pan and saute until onion is translucent and has started to caramelize, about 4 minutes. If pan is looking a little dry, add another drizzle of olive oil to help the onion cook.Pull leaves off of thyme sprigs and add leaves to the onions, then season with salt and pepper.Squeeze all the juice out of the lemon. I like to squeeze juice into a separate bowl so I can make sure to pull out all of the seeds.

6. Add lemon juice to onions and stir to combine.

7. Add chicken stock and spinach to onions and stir to combine. Bring mixture to a simmer, then return seared chicken thighs to pan and spoon some of the broth over the top of them to help them stay moist.

8. Place pan in 400 degree oven, uncovered, and cook 15-20 minutes more until chicken is cooked through.

9. Serve immediately.


Nutrition Information:

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352k Calories
46g Protein
14g Total Fat
8g Carbs
25% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
352k
18%

Fat
14g
22%

  Saturated Fat
3g
20%

Carbohydrates
8g
3%

  Sugar
2g
3%

Cholesterol
218mg
73%

Sodium
531mg
23%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
46g
94%

Selenium
53µg
77%

Vitamin B3
14mg
71%

Vitamin B6
1mg
57%

Phosphorus
465mg
47%

Vitamin K
45µg
43%

Vitamin B2
0.51mg
30%

Vitamin B5
2mg
28%

Zinc
3mg
25%

Vitamin C
20mg
25%

Vitamin B12
1µg
24%

Potassium
766mg
22%

Vitamin B1
0.26mg
18%

Magnesium
67mg
17%

Vitamin A
826IU
17%

Iron
2mg
15%

Copper
0.21mg
11%

Manganese
0.19mg
9%

Folate
34µg
9%

Vitamin E
1mg
8%

Fiber
1g
6%

Calcium
50mg
5%

covered percent of daily need
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