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Baked Greek Lemon Chicken Recipe
This baked lemon chicken recipe can be on the table in under 30 minutes and uses just a few fresh ingredients you can pick up at your local grocery store.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Marinating time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 216 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Mediterranean
Ingredients
Marinade
- 2 TBS olive oil
- 1 TBS lemon zest zest of one medium lemon
- 2 TBS lemon juice juice from one medium lemon
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- ¼ cup kalamata olives pitted
- 1 TBS capers
Chicken
- 1 lb O Organics® Air Chilled Chicken boneless skinless chicken thighs
- kosher salt to taste
Instructions
Marinade
- Mix all of the marinade ingredients together until well combined.
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Chicken
- Salt both sides of each piece of chicken individually.
- Add to marinade. Coat with marinade and massage marinade into chicken thighs.
- Allow chicken to marinate for at least 20 minutes and up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Heat oven safe pan on the stove at medium-high heat.
- Add chicken + marinade to hot pan and cook for 3 minutes on one side.
- Flip chicken over in pan then immediately place pan in preheated oven.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Time will depend on thickness of chicken thighs.
- Remove from oven and serve warm.
Nutrition Information
Calories
216kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
22g
(44%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
107mg
(36%)
Sodium
292mg
(12%)
Potassium
277mg
(8%)
Vitamin A
60IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
5.3mg
(6%)
Calcium
30mg
(3%)
Iron
1.4mg
(8%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 216
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 216kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 107mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 292mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 277mg | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 60IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 5.3mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.