Zesty Lemon Pepper Chicken

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 bone-in chicken breast halves or 4 chicken pieces
• 3 lemons
• 1 medium onion
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (or fresh)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 put chicken into a large bowl.
• 2 in a separate bowl, zest the lemon peel off the lemons. then cut them in half and juice the lemons. (juice and zest in bowl; reserve lemon rinds).
• 3 mince onion and add it to the bowl with olive oil, paprika, thyme, salt and pepper. reserve 3 tbsp of this marinade.
• 4 use hands or tongs to turn chicken over and coat it with the marinade.
• 5 marinate for 12 hours or overnight.
• 6 heat oven to 500 degrees.
• 7 put chicken skin side up on a shallow, medium-sized roasting pan.
• 8 place reserved lemon rinds into pan.
• 9 put chicken in oven and reduce heat to 375 degrees. bake for 25 minutes, brushing with the reserved marinade, or until chicken is cooked through.
• 10 discard lemon rinds. serve with remaining marinade. good served with my almond green beans and.