Garlic Lemon Chicken, a healthy break during the holiday season
Garlic Lemon Chicken is a wonderful dish during the Holliday
season. Christmas and Thanksgiving often mean spending a lot of
time in the kitchen; this tasteful but easy dish is great for
those other days during this cozy family season.
Your family will love it and you won't have to spend all your
time in the kitchen. Besides, garlic is very healthy and a bit
of a counter weight to all those heavy cholesterol rich foods
that are consumed during this time of year.
Are you ready for this truly delicious garlic lemon chicken?
Let's get all of the ingredients together that you will need to
prepare this wonderful chicken dish.
You can either purchase a whole chicken and then cut it into
pieces or just buy the cuts that your family enjoys such as
chicken thighs or breasts. Remember the most calorie rich part
of the chicken is just under the skin. So you might want to go
for the breasts.
You will also need:
- 10 cloves of minced garlic,
- 4 tablespoons of
margarine,
- 3 large lemons,
- 1 teaspoon of dried
oregano,
- salt,
- pepper, and
- parsley.
You should begin by preheating your broiler. Take your chicken
and rinse underwater and skin, then rinse again well under cold
water and place in a large baking dish. Squeeze the lemons and
reserve the juice.
Sprinkle about one half of the garlic over the chicken and dab