Easy Healthy Baked Lemon Chicken (quick dinner!)
Servings: 4
Calories: 384kcal
For a quick, flavourful & easy weeknight dinner make this Healthy Baked Lemon Chicken! Made with simple ingredients & perfect for the family.
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Equipment
- frying pan
- baking dish
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- salt & pepper
- 4 lemon slices
Lemon Sauce
- juice from one lemon
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
- 1/4 tsp chili flakes
- 1/2 tsp coarse salt
- ground pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F and set aside a baking dish.
- Make the sauce: mix together lemon juice, olive oil, minced garlic, dried oregano, dried thyme, dried rosemary, chili flakes, salt & pepper. Set aside.
- Season each side of chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Then, add 1 tbsp olive oil to a frying pan and turn the heat to medium-high.
- Once the frying pan is hot, add chicken breasts to the pan and brown on both sides by cooking for 3-4 minutes per side. Remove from heat once browned and transfer to a baking dish.
- Pour the lemon sauce over chicken breasts, moving them around the baking dish a bit to make sure sauce gets under the chicken too. Put a lemon slice on top of each chicken breast.
- Bake 22-25 minutes (or until chicken is cooked through). Serve with grains and greens, drizzle sauce from the baking dish on top of chicken.
Nutrition
Calories: 384kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 145mg | Sodium: 556mg | Potassium: 864mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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