Simple and Easy Lemon Butter Baked Chicken

Simple and Easy Lemon Butter Baked Chicken

Lemon Butter Baked Chicken is a quick and easy dinner recipe that does not take much of working time with most ingredients already at home or easy to source.

Lemon Butter Baked Chicken

This was one of those busy weeks with two wedding cakes and kids on vacation!! And you know two wedding cakes means no time to hand around in the kitchen cooking fancy meals for me.

Baked Lemon Butter Chicken

On days that I am so busy caking I make quick and easy meals such as this Baked Lemon Butter Chicken.  Its so simple and easy to make because all I do is throw in a couple ingredients in the pan along with the chicken and place it in the oven. The oven does all the work for me.

Baked Lemon Butter Chicken

And that’s it an hour later; It comes out of the oven looking like this…!! How easy is that?
Doesn’t it look scrumptious? I do serve it right out of this pan. Careful it’s hot!!

I love how to lemon and the onions all get caramelized.

Lemon Butter Baked Chicken Recipe

My Rhea loves her chicken and no matter how busy I am I have to make something chicken for her or else she does not eat well.  Aadi is more accommodating and a simple Pasta makes him happy..  But Rhea! she’s not easy to please.

Well, here’s the recipe for you. And no matter how busy your week is – I’m quite sure you will be able to cook this winner any time.

RECIPE

Ingredients:
Tools
Baking Pan
Oven
!For the Chicken
Four Chicken Quarters with skin on (or 8 thighs and legs separate)
1 Large Lemon sliced round
1 Large Red Onion Sliced round
100 grams Butter (room temperature)
4 Garlic cloves minced (or less if you like less garlic)
( We love roasted garlic so I throw in a whole bulb of unpealed garlic cloves scattered in the pan extra)
1 tbsp. Sweet Paprika
1/2 tsp dried Thyme
1/2 tsp dried Rosemary
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method:
Preheat the oven at 200 C / 400 F
Clean and pat dry the chicken pieces
Place them in a baking dish or baking tray lined with aluminium foil for easy clean up.
Season the chicken well with salt and pepper. Set aside for a few minutes
Add the garlic, Paprika, dried herbs and some salt and pepper to the butter.
Then coat the chicken with the butter.
Place the lemon and onion slices all over the chicken
Cover with foil and place in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes
After 30 minutes remove foil baste the chicken with the juices and cook for another 30 minutes to get some color.
If you need more color you can also broil the chicken for five minutes.
Once baked – remove the chicken on a platter
Strain the pan juices in a bowl and serve hot.

Lemon Butter Baked Chicken

I love making a side of some easy baked Potatoes to go with it. You know… Just chop the potatoes into squares, pour some olive oil, salt pepper, paprika for color – throw in the oven.. Toss a few times in between… and an hour later it’s done too!!

Lemon Butter Baked Chicken

On a week day this gets served as is in the large baking pan on the table. But; some times when I have time such as the weekend, I take the trouble to do a little more

Baked Lemon Butter Chicken

Ain’t that delicious?

Baked Lemon Butter Chicken

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