Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken. Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken Just as its name promises, this moist baked chicken is just as garlicky as it is lemony and herbal! Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken instructions. Clean your chicken breasts with chilled water.

Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken instructions. Clean your chicken breasts with chilled water. Trim any fats and pat chicken completely dry. You can have Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken

You need of Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken.
Prepare of [to 4] Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts [1+ lbs a piece - fat trimmed].
You need of Garlic Cloves [smashed & chopped - abt. 1/2 cup - brown ends removed].
Prepare of Fresh Parsley [chopped + reserves for garnish].
It's of Fresh Lemon Zest [and all of its juices].
You need of Lemon [sliced].
It's of Quality Dry White Wine.
You need of Dried Dill [or 2 tablespoons fresh dill].
You need of Quality Olive Oil.
Prepare of Dried Oregano.
Prepare of Dried Thyme [or 1 teaspoon fresh].
You need of Cracked Sea Salt.
It's of Cracked Black Pepper [or, 1 tablespoon whole peppercorns].
Prepare of Lemon Pepper [topper].
It's of Sea Salt [topper].
It's of Sides.
You need of Rice.
It's of Fresh Asparagus.

Remove the brown ends from garlic. Remove the chicken from the brine, rinse with cold water, and pat dry with paper towels. With all of the recipe testing, video making and chaotic hair pulling going on around here, this one pan meal was welcomed with opened arms. There's nothing easier than throwing ingredients into a pan and letting the oven do the work.

Mike's Garlic Lemon Herbed Chicken instructions

Here's about all you'll need..
Clean your chicken breasts with chilled water. Trim any fats and pat chicken completely dry. Place in fridge..
Preheat oven to 400°. 425° if baking extra large chicken breasts..
Remove the brown ends from garlic. Then, smash your garlic with a large Chefs knife and fine chop it. Also, zest the peel of one large lemon and squeeze out and reserve all of its fresh juices. You'll need at least 3 tablespoons of lemon juice so make her a big one! Slice the other lemon. Reserve 2 slices of lemon for a plate garnish, if desired..
Add olive oil and smashed chopped garlic to a heated pan. Simmer for 1 1/2 minutes but, be very careful not to burn garlic. In fact, stir it constantly. It's only a minute and a half..
Immediately remove oil from heat. Add all other ingredients to your garlic infused olive, stir and then, allow mixture to come back to a quick simmer. Then, remove immediately again from heat..
Add mixture to an oven safe baking dish. No need to use a nonstick spray. Add chicken breasts and coat their tops with your mixture as well. Then, sprinkle your coated chicken tops with sea salt and lemon pepper to taste. Also, add your lemon wedges - reserving 2 wedges lemon for garnish if desired..
Wrap up oven safe dish tightly with tinfoil and bake at 400° to 425° for 45 minutes or longer, depending upon your chicken breasts size. After baking, pierce your largest, thickest piece with a knife. If she runs pink - bake 5 to 10 minutes longer. Then, check her again..
● Serve atop a rice type of your choosing. Or, a bed of baked asparagus. You can make your own homemade rice or, use a simple microwavable rice for extreme ease. Garnish plate with lemon wedges and fresh sprinkled parsley. ● Also, serve your dish with a bowl of your hot pan garlic and lemon juice to the side so your guests can add it as they choose to their chicken, rice or asparagus..
● To make your asparagus bed - rinse, pat dry cut the bottom 2" from your spears. They're woody. ● Coat spats with olive oil or a spray olive oil. ● Sprinkle spears liberally with Lemon Pepper and mix. ● To taste - sprinkle on lemon juice, garlic and onion powder. ● Sprinkle spears with fresh grated Parmesean Cheese. ● Bake asparagus in your 425° oven alongside your chicken for 20 minutes. ● Place chicken atop asparagus bed and serve hot. Enjoy!.

Place the chicken, breast side up, in large round cocotte or Dutch oven and add the remaining lemon slices, garlic head and spring onions to the pot and drizzle with the olive oil. Juicy lemon herb chicken breasts are the perfect easy protein and perfect for quick cooking. The lemon herb marinade is easy and is delicious with chicken. Chicken breast recipes are a dime a dozen on the internet but if you're looking for an easy, simple and drop-dead-delicious way to cook chicken breasts quickly, you've found it. Season chicken breasts with salt and black pepper.