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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228k Calories
24g Protein
11g Total Fat
6g Carbs
7% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
228k
11%

Fat
11g
18%

  Saturated Fat
6g
38%

Carbohydrates
6g
2%

  Sugar
4g
5%

Cholesterol
94mg
32%

Sodium
859mg
37%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
24g
49%

Vitamin B3
11mg
60%

Selenium
36µg
52%

Vitamin B6
0.88mg
44%

Phosphorus
247mg
25%

Vitamin B5
1mg
17%

Potassium
469mg
13%

Vitamin C
9mg
12%

Magnesium
32mg
8%

Vitamin B2
0.13mg
7%

Vitamin A
306IU
6%

Vitamin B1
0.08mg
5%

Zinc
0.73mg
5%

Manganese
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.25µg
4%

Iron
0.72mg
4%

Vitamin K
4µg
4%

Vitamin E
0.58mg
4%

Copper
0.05mg
2%

Folate
9µg
2%

Calcium
22mg
2%

Vitamin D
0.27µg
2%

Fiber
0.35g
1%

covered percent of daily need
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