Lemon Pepper Baste And Bake Chicken Recipes

LEMON-PEPPER ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine lemon-pepper, garlic salt, black pepper, thyme, and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Slice 2 lemons into rounds for stuffing; reserve 1 for juice.
• Place both chickens in a roasting pan, not touching. Squeeze 1 lemon over both chickens, making sure juice coats evenly. Split sliced lemons, celery, green onions, and garlic in half and stuff each chicken. Use cooking string to tie legs together, making sure legs are facing up. Pat dry rub all over chickens.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Rotate the pan and baste chicken with juices. Continue to bake, basting often, for 50 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue to baste and bake until juices run clear and chickens are no longer pink in the centers, about 40 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

LEMON-PEPPER BASTE AND BAKE CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your oven to 400 deg. Fahrenheit. Mix all ingredients but chicken in a small-sized bowl. In a baking dish or pan, put the chicken in a skin-side-up position. Use a 9 x 13 dish. In a single layer, apply the mixture you have made earlier to each chicken piece. Bake the chicken for about 35 to 40 minutes. Baste the chicken every 8 to 10 minutes. Chicken is done when the skin turns brown and the juices are clear when you try to slice the thickest portion of the chicken. Remove from the oven. Cover the chicken pieces with foil for approximately 15 minutes to make it soft and keep it warm until you serve it.

LEMON AND BASIL BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Line baking pan with foil.
• Melt butter over low heat and add garlic; saute 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in mustard.
• Mix breadcrumbs, lemon peel, basil (or oregano), salt and pepper on a plate.
• Turn chicken in butter mixture to coat, then turn in crumbs, coating completely.
• Arrange skin side up in prepared pan.
• Bake until chicken is cooked through, basting occasionally with leftover butter mixture, about 45 minutes.