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Cooking at Home – Baked Lemon Chicken

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Makes: 5 servings

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Lemon, onions, and thyme decorate this oven-baked chicken.

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 pounds chicken (skinned and cut into 10 pieces)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 1/2 cloves of garlic (thinly sliced, or 1 tsp garlic powder)
  • 4 teaspoons thyme sprigs (4 fresh sprigs, or 1 tsp dried thyme)
  • 3 cups onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock (or water)
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 lemon (sliced into 10 slices, seeds removed)

Directions

  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 mixture 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.

Source: Food Family Fun , USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Team Nutrition

Nutrition Information

Serving Size: 1/5 of recipe (521g)

Nutrients

Amount

Total Calories

261

Total Fat

5 g

Saturated Fat

1 g

Cholesterol

123 mg

Sodium

521 mg

Carbohydrates

12 g

Dietary Fiber

2 g

Total Sugars

5 g

Added Sugars included

0 g

Protein

40 g

Vitamin D

0 mcg

Calcium

54 mg

Iron

3 mg

Potassium

684 mg