Best Lemon And Tarragon Chicken Recipes

TARRAGON AND LEMON ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat a heavy ovenproof pot or Dutch oven on a stovetop over high heat. Score the chicken skin at regular intervals, drizzle with the oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Add to the pot and cook for 6-8 minutes on each side or until well browned. Remove from the pot and set aside. Add the tarragon, lemon zest, garlic and fennel to the pot and cook for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Return the chicken to the pot with the wine and stock and bring to a simmer.
• Transfer to the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes or until the chicken is just cooked through. Serve with the lemon wedges.

CHICKEN WITH LEMON, MUSTARD AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a heavy based frying pan over a medium-high heat. Sauté the chicken breasts for 2-3 mins on each side or until golden brown. Transfer to a plate.
• In the same pan in the remaining butter mixture, gently fry the onion and garlic over a medium heat until really soft, about 10 minutes.
• Add the wine and simmer for a few minutes Then add the broth, bring to the boil and simmer for a minute before whisking in the cream, lemon juice, mustard and half of the fresh tarragon.
• Bring back to the boil and whisk thoroughly.
• Return the chicken breasts to the pan, cook for 7-10 mins or until cooked through. Scatter over the remaining tarragon and season to taste.
• Serve the chicken with the sauce and rice and steamed green beans.

HONEY-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat to 425°F.
• Finely grate enough zest from 1 lemon to measure 1 tablespoon, then squeeze enough juice from same lemon to measure 2 tablespoons.
• Stir together butter, tarragon, zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper.
• Put chicken, breast side up, in a small roasting pan. Starting from neck cavity, work your fingers gently between skin and flesh of breast to loosen skin all the way to thighs without tearing. Put one fourth of tarragon butter under skin of each breast, then rub skin from outside to spread evenly.
• Starting from large cavity, loosen skin on both sides of cavity with a paring knife (to provide access to thighs), then work your fingers gently between skin and flesh of thighs and drumsticks. Divide remaining tarragon butter among thighs and drumsticks, rubbing skin from outside to spread evenly. Season cavity and skin with salt and pepper, then halve remaining lemon and put inside cavity along with garlic. Tie drumsticks together with kitchen string.
• Whisk together honey, lemon juice, oil, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Roast chicken 30 minutes, then brush pan juices and half of honey mixture over chicken and roast 10 minutes more. Brush chicken again with pan juices and remaining honey mixture and continue to roast until thermometer inserted in fleshy part of a thigh (do not touch bone) registers 170°F, about 20 minutes more.
• Transfer chicken to a cutting board and let stand 10 to 15 minutes before carving. Skim fat from pan juices and serve juices with chicken.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND TARRAGON BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F.
• Stir together butter, zest, tarragon, salt, and pepper.
• Pat chicken dry and arrange, skin sides up, in a shallow roasting pan (1 inch deep). Loosen skin on chicken by gently working your fingers between skin and meat, keeping skin attached on 1 side and being careful not to tear skin. Rub butter mixture evenly under skin of each piece of chicken, then rub top of chicken with butter remaining on your hands. Season with salt and pepper.
• Bake chicken in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted 2 inches into fleshy part of chicken (do not touch bone) registers 170°F, about 30 minutes.

LEMON AND TARRAGON CHICKEN

Steps:

• place the chicken pieces,skin-side up in a roasting dis.separate the garlic cloves but do not peel them.use a rolling pin or the side of a knife to squash the garlic and scatter round the meat.
• cut the lemons in half and squeeze over the chicken and garlic.season with salt and pepper,then drizzle over the olive oil and place in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the juices run clear and the chicken is golden.
• scatter the tarragon over the chicken,baste with the juices and return for about 10 minutes.
• serve with roasted,new or baked potatoes.

LEMON PEPPER-TARRAGON CHICKEN WITH SOUR CREAM, MUSHROOM AND WINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Place chicken breasts in baking dish and sprinkle with lemon pepper and tarragon.
• In medium bowl, combine mushroom soup, mushrooms, garlic salt and wine and pour over chicken breasts. Bake in oven for 30-45 minutes.
• Remove chicken breasts onto warming dish and pour the pan drippings into medium saucepan. Add sour cream to pan drippings, stir and heat until warm.
• To serve, place a chicken breast over white rice and ladle sour cream, wine and mushroom sauce over all.

MARINATED CHICKEN IN A LEMON AND TARRAGON DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350*F.
• Arrange the chicken breasts, skin side up, in a deep ovenproof dish that is not too large, so that they remain closely packed.
• Brush the skins wih olive oil.
• Pour in enough vegetable stock to cover partially but not submerge them.
• Bake in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, then remove and allow to cool in the stock before refrigerating.
• To make the dressing: combine the lemon rind and uuice with the vinegar, then add the garlic, mustard, sugar and oil.
• Season with salt and pepper, mix well and then add the chopped tarragon leaves.
• Lift the chicken breasts from the stock and remove the skins.
• Slice the meat diagonally or shred with a fork.
• Place the pieces in a bowl, pour over the dressing and marinate in teh refrigerator until serving time.
• To serve, arrange the chicken pieces in a shallow serving dish and scatter with olives, tarragon leaves and grated lemon rind.

CHICKEN BURGERS WITH LEMON AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Using fork, blend chicken, onion, celery, 1/4 cup stuffing, 2 tablespoons oil, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, tarragon, lemon peel, salt, and pepper in large bowl. Form mixture into eight 1/2-inch-thick patties. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup stuffing, pressing to adhere. Turn over and repeat.
• Working in 2 batches, heat 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add patties and cook until brown and cooked through, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer burgers to plate and tent with foil.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil and 3 tablespoons lemon juice to skillet. Bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle over burgers.

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH GARLIC, LEMON AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours with the white wine marinade. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove the giblets and rinse the chicken inside and out. Rub the outside only with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle the inside and outside with sel de gris. Stuff the lemons with crushed garlic cloves and then fill the cavity with the garlic filled lemons, pieces of butter and bunches of fresh tarragon or rosemary. Underneath the breast skin insert pieces of butter, more sprigs of the tarragon or rosemary, crushed cloves of garlic and thin slices of lemon. Close the cavity of the chicken using toothpicks or skewers and place the chicken breast side down in the roasting pan. Pour a cup of water into the pan and roast for about 1 ½ hours, basting constantly (check for doneness by inserting a fork into the chicken the juices should run clear.) Let the chicken sit for 20 mins and then carve. Serve with roasted new potatoes (add these to the roasting pan in the last ½ hr of cooking, making sure to brush with olive oil first) and snow peas or asparagus.

TARRAGON AND LEMON CHICKEN WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta as pack instructions. Drain.
• Stir-fry onions until soft. Add chicken and stir-fry for 10 minutes.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in pasta and serve.

CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Brown chicken breasts in olive oil in casserole dish.
• In a separate bowl, combine other ingredients and pour over chicken.
• Cover the casserole dish at bake at 350 F for 60-90 minutes, or until it is tender.