Monday, September 7, 2009

Lemon & Garlic Chicken

INGREDIENTS
1 head garlic
3 cup chicken broth
1 lemon, zested and juiced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup chopped fresh chives or green onion

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Wrap the garlic head in foil, and bake 30 minutes, until cloves are soft. Remove from heat, and cool enough to handle.
Slice off the top of the garlic head, and squeeze the softened cloves into a medium bowl. Mix in the chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Lightly coat the chicken breast halves with flour, and cook in the skillet about 10 minutes on each side, until lightly browned. Set chicken aside, retaining skillet juices. Stir in the garlic mixture, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and return chicken to the skillet. Continue cooking the chicken until no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove chicken, and arrange on plates over the egg noodles or rice.
Mix the butter into the garlic sauce mixture in the skillet until melted, and stir in the chives/green onion. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and egg noodles/rice to serve.

Comments:

This was a great meal! If you only want a slight lemon taste I would recommend only using half the lemon juice. Otherwise this was very flavorful and definitely something we'll make again in the future.

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