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The best grilled lemon chicken recipe
ingredients
Instructions
ingredients
- 2 pounds of boneless and skinless chicken breasts
- 1/3 cup of olive oil
- zest of 2 lemons
- 1/3 cup fresh juice (zest lemons before juice)
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1 whole lemon sliced
Instructions
- In a large ziploc bag, combine chicken, olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper.
- Seal the bag and shake everything until everything is well combined.
- Place the bag in the refrigerator and marinate for about 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the grill to about 375F to 400F.
- Brush the grill with olive oil.
- Remove the chicken breasts from the marinade and place on the hot grill. cook without touching until chicken breasts begin to grill, about 5 minutes.
- Turn the chicken over, cover the grill and allow the cooking to finish, about 7 minutes, depending on the thickness of the chicken. Chicken is cooked when a meat thermometer registers 165 degrees Fahrenheit.