Lemon Chicken

This has been an incredibly busy, emotional week.  So, there wasn't much time to have relaxed home cooked meals.  However, I had Monday off and decided to try something new for dinner.  I searched through my cookbooks for something quick and tasty.  Most of the recipes I found required marinating or brining the chicken (we were in the mood for chicken).  So, once again I went to my "go to gal" Ina.  Off to Trader Joe's E and I went to purchase what we needed to make Barefoot Contessa's Lemon Chicken.  

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 tbsp minced garlic
• 1/3 cup dry white wine
• 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp minced thyme leaves
• salt & pepper
• chicken breasts
• 2 lemons

Directions:

• Warm olive oil in sauce pan over medium low heat
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute  

• Off heat, add wine, lemon zest, lemon juice, oregano, thyme and 1 tsp salt
• Pour mixture into baking dish
• Rinse chicken and pat dry
• Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper
• Place chicken (skin side up) in the baking dish
• Place lemon wedges around chicken

• Bake at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes until chicken is done and skin is lightly brown

I couldn't find chicken breasts with the skin on, so I used boneless, skinless chicken breast.  All in all, this turned out great.  The chicken was moist and tender and the recipe was very easy (and included a lot of garlic which I LOVE).

E enjoyed watching me cook :)

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