Recipe: Tasty Lemon Honey Baked Chicken

Lemon Honey Baked Chicken. From start to finish, this is a simple and straightforward recipe. I guess, THE simplest recipe I have ever shared! Preheat oven and coat chicken in honey-lemon marinade.

Quick and easy meals that are the best family meals are perfect for a busy weeknight. Arrange the chicken in a shallow ovenproof dish. Mix together the honey, lemon zest and juice, oil, salt and pepper, then pour over the chicken breasts and turn them around until well coated. You can cook Lemon Honey Baked Chicken using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Honey Baked Chicken

Prepare 6 each of Chicken breasts or thighs (boneless).
It's 3 each of Garlic cloves (use more).
Prepare 1 each of Lemon.
You need 1/4 cup of Honey ( I used Neem honey).
It's 3 tbsp of Extra virgin olive oil (can use less).
You need 1 of as needed Salt and pepper. ( I used the foraged red pepper corns).
You need 1 of as needed Parchment paper to fully cover chicken.
You need 1 of as needed Dried rosemary..

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Breast with a touch of lemon, an absolutely delicious, low-carb and healthy meal for two. Serve it with broccoli spears or any other veggies of your choice. There is hardly any preparation needed, and you get some moist chicken breasts cooked in a super tasty honey mustard marinade. My Honey Lemon Chicken is perfect for weeknights!

Lemon Honey Baked Chicken step by step

Slice lemon in half. Cut one side into thin slices and squeeze the juice from the other side in a bowl..
Preheat oven to 400°F and place chicken breasts evenly spaced..
Mix the honey and lemon juice until well combined. Set aside..
Place a lemon slice on each chicken breast and add the garlic..
Add salt and pepper and dried rosemary to chicken then pour over the sauce over the chicken breasts. Add 1/2 cup water or chicken stock if desired..
Pour the oil on the parchment paper and spread evenly across..
Cover the chicken breasts with the parchment paper (oil side down) and cook until chicken temp reaches 165°F..
Remove parchment paper and service on a bead of rice..

Chicken breast lightly coated in seasoned flour, pan fried until golden and served with a gorgeous honey lemon sauce. If you only use lemon juice on your chicken, then yes, it can dry it out. That's why I like to pair the juice with other ingredients, such as the chicken broth, honey, and butter to add moisture and fat to the chicken to counteract any drying effects lemon juice might have. This applies to this Simple Honey-Lemon Roasted Chicken recipe, and any time you roast a chicken. Once the chicken has been basted (according to whatever recipe you're using), truss it, place it breast side up in a greased roasting pan with at least a couple inches of space around it.