Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, lemon basil chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Lemon basil chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Lemon basil chicken is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Combine lemon peel, lemon juice, garlic, salt, oil and basil in a blender or food processor. Pour the marinade over the chicken, seal the bag and turn to coat. This lemon basil chicken is made with chicken breasts marinaded in lemon juice, fresh basil, honey and garlic for a juicy and flavourful meat.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:
- Get 3 chicken breasts, cut in half lengthwise to make 6 slim breasts
- Get Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)
- Prepare Zest of one lemon
- Prepare 1/2 cup olive oil
- Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Prepare 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1/4 tsp pepper
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Steps to make Lemon basil chicken:
- I like to cut my chicken breasts in half lengthwise, essentially making 2 breast out of one. I do this for several reasons. First, it allows for the flavor to soak in better. Second, it Cooks faster. Third, it Cooks more evenly.
- Zest the lemon first.
- Juice the lemon. If you don't quote have enough juice to make 1/4 cup, then you can add orange juice to even it out.
- Mix all ingredients into a bowl.
- Add chicken to bowl until completely covered.
- Let sit for exactly 1 hour! This is very important. If it under marinates, you won't get the strong flavor. But also don't over marinate. The lemon juice is an acid and will break down the material on the chicken. 1 hour is perfect.
- Grill for 8 minutes on medium high heat, flipping once half way through.
Place chicken in a baking dish, skin side up. Loosen the skin on each piece, and place a basil leaf Place the lemon slices on top of each piece of chicken and drizzle with the oil. Garnish the chicken with the cooked lemon slices and fresh basil. Drizzle some of the herb-infused oil from the pan over the plated chicken. When ready to cook, remove chicken from the bag, remove any large chunks of basil or lemon zest that sticks to the chicken.
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