simple lemon chicken

Name: Simple Lemon Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 - lemon; 4 - chicken breasts (or any part you desire); 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 teaspoon(s) paprika; 4 tablespoon(s) salad oil; 2 tablespoon(s) brown sugar; 1 - lemon, thinly sliced; 1 cup(s) chicken broth; - fresh mint

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Dawna Granger

Roseburg, OR

Updated on May 3, 2013

Received this recipe from a gal at a Bed and Breakfast. I thought it might be a bit difficult for me to copy but not really. Simply put, it is easy peasy!! Whenever I make this my husband asks if we are having important company. He loves it and apparently by that question, I don't make it enough.

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Can use any piece of chicken in this recipe.

prep time 10 Min

cook time 45 Min

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yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 - lemon
4 - chicken breasts (or any part you desire)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
4 tablespoons salad oil
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 - lemon, thinly sliced
1 cup chicken broth
- fresh mint

How To Make simple lemon chicken

Step 1

Grate the peel from the lemon. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the chicken.

Step 2

Shake the chicken in a paper bag with flour, salt and paprika.
Step 3

In skillet, brown chicken slowly in the salad oil.
Step 4

Arrange chicken in casserole or baking pan. Sprinkle grated lemon peel over the chicken, add the brown sugar and then cover with the thinly sliced lemon. Pour in the broth and place mint over the top. Cover and bake in a 350 degree oven until the chicken is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove mint before serving.
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