Description
Easy healthy baked lemon chicken that is loaded with yummy flavor and you can make in a hurry with just a few simple ingredients.
Ingredients
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- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3 tablespoons butter
- â…“ cup chicken broth
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- fresh rosemary and lemon slices for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Step: Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet or large casserole dish.
- Step: Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook chicken 2-3 minutes on each side just until browned. Transfer chicken to prepared baking sheet.
- Step: In a small bowl whisk together chicken broth, lemon juice, honey, garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper.
- Step: Pour sauce over chicken. Bake 20-30 minutes (closer to 20 for smaller chicken breasts, closer to 30 for larger) until chicken is cooked through. Every 5-10 minutes spoon the sauce from the pan over the chicken.
- Step: Garnish with fresh rosemary and lemon slices if desired and serve.
Notes
This recipe also works well with boneless chicken thighs. If using skin-on thighs, brown them in a skillet over medium-high heat first for 1-2 minutes per side.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 156 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 215 mg
- Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 74 mg