Garlic Chicken with Lemon Wedges

By Kathy Smith


This lemon and garlic chicken recipe uses melted butter helping to make the chicken supple and juicy and full of flavor. The lemon and garlic are perfect enhancements to eachother. To bake the garlic lemon chicken meal, the following ingredients:


8 chicken breasts
Grated peel of one medium lemon
Juice of a few lemons
1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 3-4 cloves)
1 tsp . dried thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
4 tbsps . of unsalted butter
2 lemons, quartered
1/2 cup diced fresh parsley

Directions To Prepare Lemon and Garlic Chicken:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Next clean the chicken breasts with running water.
2. Inside a bowl add the grated lemon peel, the thyme, the black pepper, the lemon juice, 2 tbsps of melted butter and the salt. Blend until all of the ingredients are blended together.
3. Place the chicken breasts in a pan and add to the concoction. Coat each side of the chicken breasts.
4. Place in the fridge and allow the chicken breasts marinate for a couple hours. Rotate the chicken breasts every 30 minutes in order that the flavors get evenly absorbed into the chicken breasts.

5. Lightly grease a baking dish. Remove the chicken from the marinate mixture and place in the dish.
6. Bake for 30 mins in your oven. Stir every 10 min and keep brushing the chicken breasts with the remaining marinade.
7. Cook until the chicken juice run clear. Coat with the melted butter and bake for another 2 minutes to get a crispy dark browncoating on the top of the chicken breasts.
8. To serve, put the chicken breasts on a platter. Pour on the remaining the juices from the baking dish. Garnish with freshly chopped parsley and lemon slices.Thegarlic and lemon chicken is ready to enjoy.




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