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Lemon tarragon chicken

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tbs grated lemon rind
  • 1 tbs dry tarragon, chopped
  • 1 tbs brown sugar
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • ½ tbs sea salt
  • 4 chicken breast fillets
  • 1 medium lemon, sliced
  • 8 unpeeled garlic cloves

Make it step by step

  1. Combine butter, rind, juice, tarragon, sugar, pepper and salt in a small bowl.
  2. Make three diagonal cuts across each piece of the chicken fillet.
  3. Press butter mixture into cuts, spread reminder all over chicken.
  4. Place the fillets in a shallow baking dish, single layer, with lemon and garlic.
  5. Bake, uncovered in an oven at 220˚C for 20 minutes or until browned lightly and cooked through.

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Adapted from Foodista by Easy cook - Lak..., under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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