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Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary

Feb 23, 2018 · 2 Comments

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Rosemary and Lemon Chicken in a large white baking dish with lemon slices and rosemary twigs.

This zippy oven-baked chicken breast gets me super excited every time I make it. It's very easy to prepare and I like its lightness and summery brightness.

This chicken is made using my tried-and-true, super easy baking method for bone-in, skin-on chicken - 375F oven temperature and about a 1/3 to 1/2 a cup of chicken broth at the bottom of the baking dish. It works like magic: chicken always comes out tender, juicy and succulent. If you are looking for a reliable and a really easy chicken breast recipe, or, rather, a baking method, this one is it.

Close up of lemon and rosemary chicken in a baking dish.

I find that the best side dish for this chicken breast is something like creamy mashed potatoes or hibachi rice, where brightness of lemon helps cut through richness of butter.  That said, steamed, sauteed or roasted vegetables are great choices here as well. As well as a bowl of freshly made pasta.

Baked Bone-In Lemon Chicken Breast

Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 406kcal
Author: Victor

Ingredients

  • 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts (about 3 pounds total, patted dry with paper towels)
  • 1 tsp coarse kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 lemon (thinly sliced)
  • 4 small sprigs rosemary (broken into pieces)
  • 1/3 cup chicken broth
  • 3 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (good quality)

For garnish:

  • 3 whole rosemary sprigs (optional)

Instructions

  • Season the chicken breasts all over with salt and pepper. Let rest while the oven preheats to 375°F.
  • Lay the lemon slices and rosemary pieces all over the bottom of a roasting pan. Carefully pour the chicken broth into the baking dish.
    A little bit of chicken broth in the baking dish is essential to easily making chicken breasts moist and tender, and I've been successfully using this technique for years. It never fails. If the pan is dry and the air in the oven is dry, the rate of removal of moisture from the meat surface gets very high, which dries out the meat pretty quickly. A little bit of liquid in the baking dish creates humid environment in the oven, which slows down the rate at which moisture is removed from the surface of the meat. This results in very moist, succulent chicken breast meat.
    Baked Bone-In Lemon Chicken Breast Lemon, rosemary, broth prep
  • Place the chicken on top, leaving space in between the breasts so they have room to crisp up. Drizzle with the olive oil.
    Baked Bone-In Lemon Chicken Breast- add chicken and drizzle with olive oil
  • Baked until the breasts are golden and cooked through, and reached the internal temperature of 160F. Depending on your oven and the size of the breasts, this will take about 35-45 minutes.
  • If you want the tops to be more browned, turn on the broiler for a few minutes towards the end of baking. Keep a close eye on the chicken breasts as they will brown quite quickly.
  • Remove the breasts from the oven and transfer to a serving dish. Let rest for 5 minutes then serve with the pan juices spooned all over the flesh.

Nutrition

Calories: 406kcal | Protein: 37g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 767mg | Potassium: 413mg | Vitamin A: 180IU | Vitamin C: 1.6mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1.5mg

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  1. Marilyn says

    March 19, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    Love using bone-in chicken breasts but have always done high heat. Looking for something different and came across your recipe. The chicken was spectacular - so juicy and full of flavor. This will be my go-to recipe now. Only addition was some smoked paprika sprinkled on top for some color.

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    • victor says

      March 19, 2018 at 8:15 pm

      Thanks for the feedback, Marilyn. Smoked paprika sounds like a good addition.

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