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Baked Lemon Chicken

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Ingredients:

  • 3½ pounds chicken - skinned and cut into 10 pieces
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1½ thinly sliced cloves of garlic or 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 4 fresh thyme sprigs or 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 3 cups thinly sliced onions
  • 1½ cups chicken stock or water
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 lemon sliced into 10 slices, seeds removed 

Instructions:

  1. Combine salt, pepper, garlic, and thyme.
  2. Lay chicken pieces into a 11x13 baking pan. Sprinkle seasonings over chicken.
  3. Combine onions, stock, and lemon juice in a sauce pan. Heat to a boil.
  4. Pour hot lemon mixtue around chicken. Top each chicken piece with a lemon slice.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees until golden brown and juices are clear colored.

Yield: 5 servings
Serving Size: 2 pieces
Time: 30 minutes

Cost:

  • Per Recipe: $ 5.37
  • Per Serving: $ 1.07

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Source: Adapted from Food Family Fun, USDA Team Nutrition