Lemon Chicken

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 skinless chicken breast halves
• 2 lemons, juiced
• 1/2 cup unbleached flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh pepper, ground
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon lemon, rind of, grated
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 lemon, sliced 1/8

Recipe

• 1 place chicken in bowl or casserole. cover with lemon juice and marinate in refrigerator for several hours or overnight, turning chicken periodically.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 combine flour, salt, pepper and paprika in plastic bag.
• 4 remove chicken from marinade and coat each with flour by shaking it in bag.
• 5 place chicken in baking pan in a single layer.
• 6 either peel the zest from a lemon and chop it fine in your food processor, or grate the zest with a hand grater.
• 7 mix grated peel with brown sugar.
• 8 sprinkle the lemon zest mixture evenly over the chicken breasts.
• 9 combine lemon juice and water and sprinkle evenly over chicken.
• 10 put 1 lemon slice on each chicken breast and bake for 35-40 min. or until cooked through.
• 11 to make sure chicken is cooked, cut one of them in the middle and make sure that it is not red or pink, then, if it is, cook it a little bit more.