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This is a delicious Spicy Lemon Chicken recipe. The amount of dried chilies and pepper suggested by the cookbook was too mild for my liking. So, before I marinated the chicken, I had to adjust the level of spiciness to my liking. The result was perfect, not overly spicy and it did not over power the chicken’s lemony taste.
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Recipe adapted from Patsy's Cookbook-Classic Italian Recipes
Spicy Lemon Chicken
(Printable Recipe)
Ingredients
1 Chicken (about 3 to 3 ½ lbs), cut into 8 pieces
½ Cup Fresh Lemon Juice (from about 3 lemons)
¼ Cup Olive Oil
1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (I used 1 Tbsp)
1 tsp Coarsely Ground Fresh White Pepper (I used 2 tsp)
1 tsp Sea Salt
Method
Rinse the chicken pieces, pat dry, and place in a deep pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, red pepper flakes, and white pepper. Mix well. Set aside and refrigerate ¼ Cup of the mixture, and pour the remainder over the chicken.
Place the chicken in the refrigerator and marinate for 3 hours, turning pieces every half hour.
Preheat the oven to 400˚F.
Remove the chicken from the marinade, discard the marinade, season the chicken with salt, place in a roasting pan, and roast, turning to brown on all sides. Spoon the reserved ¼ cup of lemon juice mixture over the chicken as it roasts. Test for doneness by piercing with a knife; chicken will be done when juices run clear and dark meat is tender, about an hour.
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Sounds light and delicious--
ReplyDeleteLove the picture. Looks delicious and something I could make after work without a lot of trouble. Thanks!
ReplyDeletegorgeous pictures, as always! sounds yummy too - I love lemon chickem, but never made it spicy.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are getting better and better!! All these chicken recipes are making me very happy!
ReplyDeleteThis looks simple and fab! I like the addition of heat.
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