Best Chicken Lemone Recipes

DELICIOUS CHICKEN LEMONE

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this is a favorite at our house. a friend of mine made something similar and i changed it around to get this recipe. the buttermilk makes the chicken very juicy and tender. i learned that at a restaraunt i used to work for.

Provided by polly salama

Categories Chicken

Time 40m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

4 -6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (trim All the fat off)
4 lemons, juice of
fresh ground pepper
2 cups breadcrumbs
3 eggs
1 pint buttermilk
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup oil (of your chioce)

Steps:

the night before cooking the chicken,put it in a zip lock baggie with the buttermilk.
the next day rinse the chicken off and marinate in lemon juice with garlic and as much ground pepper as you like.
leave for at least three hours.
dredge the chicken through the whisked eggs and then add bread crumbs to cover both sides of chicken.
heat the oil to hot but not smoking and add the chicken breasts.
fry on each side for about 4-5 minutes.
you can also cut the chicken into strips before you put in the buttermilk and have chicken lemone tenders.

CHICKEN LEMONE

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This recipe was given to me by a chef in a Chicago restaurant and I cant believe I dont remember which one. But it is just great! Preparation/Cooking time does not include marination time of 2 hours.

Provided by Sassy in da South

Categories Chicken

Time 55m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts, on the bone
4 chicken thighs
4 chicken legs
4 chicken wings
1 teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup lemon juice (juice from 2 fresh lemons below)
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons dried oregano
4 lemons (2 for slicing & 2 for juicing)

Steps:

Thoroughly wash and dry all chicken pieces.
Cut 2 lemons into round slices. (Use other 2 lemons for making lemon juice).
Salt and pepper chicken on both sides.
Place chicken meat side up in a glass casserole dish.
Mix oil, lemon juice, parsley.
Pour over chicken.
Sprinkle some oregano all over chicken and refrigerate for about an hour.
Turn the chicken over and sprinkle more oregano on top then refrigerate for about another hour.
After the chicken marinates for a while place under the broiler for about 20 minutes.
Turn chicken around and broil for about another 20 minutes while basting with the oil and juice mixture. Top with lemon slices.
Towards the end watch carefully and try and get the skin of the chicken a nice crisp blackened look to it.
Not burned but just enough to give it a great flavor.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 573.1, Fat 41.8, SaturatedFat 9.7, Cholesterol 174.1, Sodium 459.9, Carbohydrate 7.8, Fiber 3, Sugar 0.4, Protein 43.8

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