Garlic Lemon Chicken

Garlic Lemon Chicken

from carlsbadcravings.com
55 min
4 servings

This Lemon Garlic Chicken is the ultimate easy weeknight dinner with just minutes of hands-on prep and 20 minutes of marinating time!   With a quick dunk in the lemon, garlic, herb bath, the chicken emerges crazy juicy and layered with complex flavor.  You can just cook the chicken (grill or skillet) or I highly suggest baking it with buttery, golden baby potatoes and crisp-tender broccoli spiked with lemon garlic goodness for easy cleanup and a complete meal-in-one!  No matter how you serve this easy Lemon Garlic Chicken recipe, everyone will be singing your praises, and licking their plates.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ poundsboneless skinless chicken thighs (see notes for breasts)
  • 1 poundbaby dutch potatoes, quartered, halved if super small
  • 3 cupsbroccoli florets
  • ⅓ cupolive oil
  • 3 clovesgarlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoonslemon zest
  • 1 tablespoondijon mustard
  • 1 tspeach salt, pepper, dried basil, dried oregano, onion powder
  • ½ tspeach paprika, ground cumin, dried thyme, sugar
  • 1 cupgreek yogurt or sour cream
  • ¼ cupfinely, freshly grated parmesan
  • ¼ cupchopped parsley
  • 1 tablespoonlemon juice
  • 1 tablespoonchopped chives (optional)
  • 1 tablespoonminced dill (optional)
  • ¼ tspeach salt, ground cumin
  • ⅛ teaspoonpepper

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

  2. 2

    Combine the Lemon Garlic Marinade ingredients in a freezer size sealable bag. Remove 2 tablespoons to use later for the veggies. Add the chicken to the bag, seal, and turn to coat. Let the chicken marinate at room temperature for 20 minutes while you cook the potatoes or up to 4 hours in the refrigerator.

  3. 3

    Line a large sheet pan with sides (15x21-inches) with foil and spray with cooking spray for easy cleanup.

  4. 4

    Add the potatoes, 1 tablespoon reserved marinade (never touched by the chicken) and ¼ teaspoon salt. Toss until evenly combined then spread into an even layer. Bake potatoes at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes.

  5. 5

    After 15 minutes, remove the sheet pan from the oven. Push the potatoes to one side of the pan. Add the broccoli and toss with 1 tablespoon of the reserved marinade. Push next to the potatoes in a single layer. Add the chicken in a single layer.

  6. 6

    Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 17-22 minutes or until your chicken thighs reach 170-175 degrees F or chicken cutlets reach 165 degrees F on an instant read thermometer.

  7. 7

    Meanwhile, whip up the Yogurt Parmesan Herb Sauce by whisking all of the ingredients together. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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