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Oven Roasted Pimento Chicken
Oven roasted pimento chicken is packed with flavor, totally easy, and completely foolproof! Never dry, always tender!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 780 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken 4 chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 jar pimento peppers diced
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- lime juice to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees,
- Generously salt and pepper chicken breasts.
- Lay chicken on wire rack over a baking sheet.
- In a small blender or food processor, add pimentos (with juice from the jar), garlic, oregano, lemon juice, and olive oil.
- Blend until a paste forms.
- Smother both sides of chicken in pimento paste.
- Bake 25 minutes, until chicken reaches internal temperature of 165 degrees (time might fluctuate depending on your oven and the size of your chicken breasts.)
- Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes.
- Drizzle with fresh lime juice and serve!
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1g
Calories
780kcal
(39%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
93g
(186%)
Fat
41g
(63%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
26g
Cholesterol
315mg
(105%)
Sodium
329mg
(14%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 780
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 780kcal | 39% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 93g | 186% |
| Fat | 41g | 63% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 26g | 153% |
| Cholesterol | 315mg | 105% |
| Sodium | 329mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.