LEMON CHICKEN

By AnneCodman

A delicate blending of tart and sweet, Lemon Chicken can't help but become one of your most popular family or company dishes.

Ingredients

• 8 boned and skinned chicken breast halves
• juice of 2 1/2 lemons
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup unbleached white flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• + 2 tablespoons water
• 1-2 lemons, sliced thin

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 60mins
Cooking time 95mins

Preparation

Step 1

Place Chicken in a bowl or casserole. Cover with lemon juice and marinate in refrigerator for several hours or overnight, turning chicken periodically.
Preheat oven to 425 F.
Put butter and olive oil in a shallow baking pan and place in oven until butter melts(about 5 minutes).
Meanwhile, combine flour, salt, paprika, and pepper in plastic bag.
Remove chicken breasts from marinade and coat each with flour by shaking it in the plastic bag.
Remove baking pan from oven and lower heat to 350 F.
Place chicken in the baking pan in a single layer.
Either peel the yellow (zest) from two lemons and chop it fine with the brown sugar in your food processor, or grate the zest and mix it with the brown sugar.
Sprinkle the lemon zest-sugar mixture evenly over the chicken breasts. Combine lemon juice and water and sprinkle evenly over chicken.
Put 1 lemon slice on each chicken breast and bake chicken for 3 5-40 minutes or until it is cooked thorough.

Serves 8
Per serving: 223 Total calories; 15 sat-fat calories