Easy Healthy Baked Lemon Chicken
Easy Healthy Baked Lemon Chicken could be just the gluten free and primal recipe you've been looking for. One serving contains 228 calories, 24g of protein, and 12g of fat. For $1.39 per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes. It is brought to you by Creme de la Crumb. 3233 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. It works well as a reasonably priced main course. If you have butter, chicken broth, lemon juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. With a spoonacular score of 60%, this dish is pretty good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Easy Healthy Baked Lemon Chicken, Lemon Chicken Soup: An Easy, Healthy Dinner, and Weight Watchers Easy Healthy Baked Chicken Parmesan.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 5 minutes
Cooking duration: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup chicken broth
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
optional: fresh rosemary and lemon slices for garnish
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste (I used 1 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper)
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Equipment:
casserole dish
baking sheet
oven
frying pan
whisk
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet or large casserole dish. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook chicken 2-3 minutes on each side just until browned. Transfer chicken to prepared baking sheet. In a small bowl whisk together chicken broth, lemon juice, honey, garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken. Bake 20-30 minutes (closer to 20 for smaller chicken breasts, closer to 30 for larger) until chicken is cooked through. Every 5-10 minutes spoon the sauce from the pan over the chicken. Garnish with fresh rosemary and lemon slices if desired and serve.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet or large casserole dish.
2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Add chicken and cook chicken 2-3 minutes on each side just until browned.
4. Transfer chicken to prepared baking sheet.
5. In a small bowl whisk together chicken broth, lemon juice, honey, garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper.
6. Pour sauce over chicken.
7. Bake 20-30 minutes (closer to 20 for smaller chicken breasts, closer to 30 for larger) until chicken is cooked through. Every 5-10 minutes spoon the sauce from the pan over the chicken.
8. Garnish with fresh rosemary and lemon slices if desired and serve.
Nutrition Information:
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