Famous Lemon And Basil Chicken
Ingredients 4 each chicken, breast, halves, with skin and bones, fat trimmed or 1 each chicken, whole, 2 lbs, cut up 1 pepper, freshly ground, to taste 4 each basil, fresh, leaves
Ingredients
- garlic, approx
- chicken, approx
- salt, approx
- oil, approx
- lemon, approx
- pepper, approx
Directions
- 1
Ingredients 4 each chicken, breast, halves, with skin and bones, fat trimmed or 1 each chicken, whole, 2 lbs, cut up 1 pepper, freshly groun
- 2
Place the chicken in a baking dish
- 3
Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper and arrange skin side up
- 4
Loosen the skin from each chicken breast and slip a basil leaf between the skin and the meat
- 5
Add the garlic to the baking dish
- 6
Place a slice of lemon on top of each piece of chicken
- 7
Drizzle with oil
- 8
Bake, basting occasionally with pan juices and turning the chicken and the baking dish occasionally so the chicken browns evenly, 35 to 40 m