Lemon Chicken
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (from 4 to 6 lemons)
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons finely minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano or thyme
- Kosher or coarse salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 bone-in chicken breast halves with skin (2 to 2 1/2 pounds total)
- 6 bone-in chicken thighs with skin (2 1/2 to 3 pounds total)
- 1/4 cup Italian (flat-leaf) parsley (optional, see Cook's Notes)
- Preheat the broiler with the rack placed about 8 inches away from the heat source.
- Put the lemon juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, oregano or thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper in a container with a lid and shake well to blend.
- Place the chicken pieces skin-side down on a rimmed baking sheet and salt them lightly.
- Broil for 15 minutes.
- Turn the pieces, lightly salt them, and broil them until the skin is crisp and golden brown and the juices run clear when the pieces are pierced with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes longer.
- Remove the chicken from the broiler, leaving the broiler on.
- Cut the breasts and thighs in half (you can use a clean dish towel to hold the chicken steady so you don't burn yourself; cut across the bone if you have a very strong sharp knife or cut just alongside the bone if a crosswise cut is too difficult).
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat, and return the chicken to the baking sheet.
- Shake the lemon sauce again and pour it over the chicken.
- Turn the pieces over so they are evenly coated with the sauce, making sure all of the pieces end up skin side down.
- Broil the chicken until it has browned a bit more, another 2 minutes, then turn the pieces skin side up and broil them until the skin is browned a bit more, about 3 minutes longer.
- Remove the chicken from the baking sheet and, if you are using the parsley, stir it into the sauce still in the baking sheet.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve.
- Photograph by Todd Coleman/The Mom 100 Cookbook
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/lemon-chicken.html (may not work)