Perfect Lemon-Garlic Chicken Marinade

I put this together when I was making some other Lebanese dishes, and I wanted chicken, but wasn't sure how I was going to make it. So this is what I came up with. One of the ingredients is Sumac- can find in middle eastern markets for sure. Its a dark red spice, that adds a lemony flavor. Its so very good. I like to make this chicken and serve it with Tabouli and Hummus. But I think it would be great with just about anything you choose to serve it with.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 2-3
• Yields: 2-4 breasts of chicken-if butterflied

Ingredients

• 2  chicken breasts
• 4 -5  garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 -3  tablespoons lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1  teaspoon  sumac
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  storage size  ziploc bag

Directions

1. If chicken breasts are boneless and thick, I think they turn out better butterflied.
2. Peel garlic and crush using a mortar/pestol with a little salt (makes crushing garlic easier) or buy garlic already crushed and place in a small bowl.
3. Add lemon juice, olive oil, and sumac, and salt if you bought crushed garlic.
4. Mix together.
5. Place chicken in ziploc bag, add mixture from bowl. Make sure chicken is coated, seal bag and then place in refrigerator.
6. I think it tastes best when marinated for at least 4 hours. But I 'm sure less is fine too.
7. Grill chicken until done.