Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken
- 2 large to 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts 1+ lbs a piece - fat trimmed
- 12 large Garlic Cloves smashed & chopped - abt. 1/2 cup - brown ends removed
- 1/4 cup Fresh Parsley chopped + reserves for garnish
- 1 large Fresh Lemon Zest and all of its juices
- 1 large Lemon sliced
- 1/3 cup Quality Dry White Wine
- 1 tsp Dried Dill or 2 tablespoons fresh dill
- 1/4 cup Quality Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1/2 tsp Dried Thyme or 1 teaspoon fresh
- 1 tsp Cracked Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp Cracked Black Pepper or, 1 tablespoon whole peppercorns
- Here's about all you'll need.
- Clean your chicken breasts with chilled water.
- Trim any fats and pat chicken completely dry.
- Place in fridge.
- Preheat oven to 400.
- 425 if baking extra large chicken breasts.
- Remove the brown ends from garlic.
- Then, smash your garlic with a large Chefs knife and fine chop it.
- Also, zest the peel of one large lemon and squeeze out and reserve all of its fresh juices.
- You'll need at least 3 tablespoons of lemon juice so make her a big one!
- Slice the other lemon.
- Reserve 2 slices of lemon for a plate garnish, if desired.
- Add olive oil and smashed chopped garlic to a heated pan.
- Simmer for 1 1/2 minutes but, be very careful not to burn garlic.
- In fact, stir it constantly.
- It's only a minute and a half.
- Immediately remove oil from heat.
- Add all other ingredients to your garlic infused olive, stir and then, allow mixture to come back to a quick simmer.
- Then, remove immediately again from heat.
- Add mixture to an oven safe baking dish.
- No need to use a nonstick spray.
- Add chicken breasts and coat their tops with your mixture as well.
- Then, sprinkle your coated chicken tops with sea salt and lemon pepper to taste.
- Also, add your lemon wedges - reserving 2 wedges lemon for garnish if desired.
- Wrap up oven safe dish tightly with tinfoil and bake at 400 to 425 for 45 minutes or longer, depending upon your chicken breasts size.
- After baking, pierce your largest, thickest piece with a knife.
- If she runs pink - bake 5 to 10 minutes longer.
- Then, check her again.
- Serve atop a rice type of your choosing.
- Or, a bed of baked asparagus.
- You can make your own homemade rice or, use a simple microwavable rice for extreme ease.
- Garnish plate with lemon wedges and fresh sprinkled parsley.
- Also, serve your dish with a bowl of your hot pan garlic and lemon juice to the side so your guests can add it as they choose to their chicken, rice or asparagus.
- To make your asparagus bed - rinse, pat dry cut the bottom 2" from your spears.
- They're woody.
- Coat spats with olive oil or a spray olive oil.
- Sprinkle spears liberally with Lemon Pepper and mix.
- To taste - sprinkle on lemon juice, garlic and onion powder.
- Sprinkle spears with fresh grated Parmesean Cheese.
- Bake asparagus in your 425 oven alongside your chicken for 20 minutes.
- Place chicken atop asparagus bed and serve hot.
- Enjoy!
chicken breasts , garlic, lemon sliced, white wine, dill, olive oil, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/347277-mikes-garlic-lemon-herbed-chicken (may not work)