Lemon, Sage and Garlic Roast Chicken
- Reviews 10
Ready In: 50 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breast halves, with skin
- 8 slices lemons, very thin, seeded
- 12 leaves fresh sage (can use rubbed sage)
- olive oil
- 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup chicken broth
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Slide fingertips under chicken skin to loosen.
- Arrange 2 lemon slices and 3 sage leaves (or some rubbed sage) under skin on each breast.
- Smooth skin over to close.
- Place chicken in shallow baking pan.
- Brush with oil.
- Drizzle 1 teaspoon lemon juice over each breast.
- Sprinkle with chopped garlic, salt and pepper.
- Pour 1/2 cup broth into pan around chicken.
- Roast chicken until brown and cooked through, basting once or twice with pan juices, About 25 minutes.
- Transfer chicken to platter.
- Place baking pan atop burner.
- Add remaining 1/2 cup broth.
- Using back of fork, mash the garlic on the baking pan into broth and pan juices.
- Boil over high heat until broth reduces almost to glaze, scraping up browned bits, about 4 minutes.
- Spoon sauce over chicken and serve.
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