Garlic Lemon Chicken, a healthy break during the holiday season
Garlic Lemon Chicken is a wonderful dish during the Holliday
season. Christmas and Thanksgiving often mean spending a lot of
time in the kitchen; this tasteful but easy dish is great for
those other days during this cozy family season.
Your family will love it and you won’t have to spend all your
time in the kitchen. Besides, garlic is very healthy and a bit
of a counter weight to all those heavy cholesterol rich foods
that are consumed during this time of year.
Are you ready for this truly delicious garlic lemon chicken?
Let’s get all of the ingredients together that you will need to
prepare this wonderful chicken dish.
You can either purchase a whole chicken and then cut it into
pieces or just buy the cuts that your family enjoys such as
chicken thighs or breasts. Remember the most calorie rich part
of the chicken is just under the skin. So you might want to go
for the breasts.
You will also need:
- 10 cloves of minced garlic,
- 4 tablespoons of
margarine, - 3 large lemons,
- 1 teaspoon of dried
oregano, - salt,
- pepper, and
- parsley.
You should begin by preheating your broiler. Take your chicken
and rinse underwater and skin, then rinse again well under cold
water and place in a large baking dish. Squeeze the lemons and
reserve the juice.
Sprinkle about one half of the garlic over the chicken and dab
of the margarine on various spots on the chicken. Pour of the
juice from the lemons on your chicken, and season with the
oregano, salt, and pepper. Broil for about 15 minutes, remember
to baste quite often. This last part is important, so invest
heavily in these 15 minutes.
Remove and turn the chicken, add the remaining of the
ingredients just like you did before broiling for the first
time. Now you will need to broil your chicken again for another
15 minutes.
Remember, to baste your chicken so it does not burn. If the
chicken starts to become too crispy, you can change from broil
to bake and bake at 350 degrees until the chicken is completely
done.
Remove the chicken from the oven and pour the remaining sauce
from the baking dish over your chicken and serve.
Everyone will absolutely love this garlic chicken dish. It’s
great to serve this chicken meal with whipped potatoes and a
garden salad.
