Broiled Lemon Chicken
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Broiled Lemon Chicken Recipe. Not in the mood to spark up the grill? Try this delicious version of lemon chicken. The benefit of doing it inside in a broiler is that you retain the wonderful juices to make an incredible lemon sauce to pour over the beautifully broiled chicken.
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Be The First To Review This RecipeIngredients
| chicken | 1 | sliced in half |
| salt | 1 1/2 tsps | to taste |
| black pepper | 3/4 tsp | to taste |
| Sauce | ||
| lemon juice | 1 cup | |
| olive oil | 1/2 cup | |
| red wine vinegar | 1 1/2 tsps | |
| garlic clove | 2 | minced |
| oregano (dried) | 1/4 tsp | |
| salt | 1/2 tsp | to taste |
| black pepper | 1/4 tsp | to taste |
| Italian parsley | 1/4 cup | chopped |
Directions
- Preheat broiler for 15 minutes. Salt and pepper chicken halves.
- Place chicken on broiler tray and broil for 15 minutes. Turn over and broil for an additional 15 minutes.
- In a bowl whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, and red wine vinegar. Add the garlic clove, oregano, salt, and black pepper and mix well.
- Remove the chicken from the broiler and slice on a cutting board into pieces. Chicken wings, breasts, thighs, drumsticks.
- Place the chicken on a baking sheet with the juices. Pour the sauce over the chicken pieces.
- Place back in the oven and roast for 3 minutes. Turn the pieces and broil for an additional minute.
- Remove the chicken pieces to a serving platter and pour the juices into a sauté pan. Stir in the Italian parsley.
- Stirring constantly over high heat reduce the sauce by half to concentrate the flavor.
- Pour the reduced sauce over the chicken and serve.
