Butter Lemon garlic chicken. Season chicken with salt and pepper; place in the melted butter. In a small bowl, combine Italian seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, crushed red chili pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Sprinkle the spice mix over the chicken thighs.
The chicken is tender, juicy, and has so much flavor from the garlic and fresh parsley. The chicken is then smothered in a lemon butter sauce with garlic that adds so much flavor to the chicken. Gently separate the skin from the chicken to create a pocket for the lemon garlic butter. You can cook Butter Lemon garlic chicken using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Butter Lemon garlic chicken
- Prepare of chicken thighs (bone on, skin on).
- You need of lemon.
- Prepare of Minced garlic.
- You need of unsalted butter.
- Prepare of Lemon zest.
- You need of Baby red potatoes (quartered).
- It's of Kosher salt.
- You need of Black pepper.
- Prepare of Paper towels.
- It's of Garlic powder.
If you can separate it from the thigh and drumsticks, do so. In a small mixing bowl, combine the ingredients for the lemon garlic butter. Mix until no chunks of butter remain. Clean neck, gizzards, and other parts out of the whole chicken.
Butter Lemon garlic chicken instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 425. Pat chicken dry. Season with salt & pepper..
- In a medium bowl, semi melt butter, add garlic, dried basil, pepper & lemon zest. Rub butter mixture all over chicken. Cut potatoes into quaters. Cut a few round lemon slices (to your liking)..
- Put pototes on bottom of pan. Add chicken thighs and place lemon slices around. Cook about 45minutes or to your liking. For crispier skin broil for 2 minutes after cooking..
Run over over entire chicken to clean. Place chicken in a roasting pan. Rub lemon garlic mixture all over chicken (be sure to put some under the skin as well). Chicken, Garlic, lemon, parsley and butter are all staples in my house, so it was as simple as opening the fridge for me! the best reaction was definitely my mother's, who raved that it was to die for with all its flavor (again, garlic lovers) and juiciness. The chicken breasts simmer in a pan of lemon garlic goodness, and taste like they were made at your favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant.