Happy Monday lovelies! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! We definitely did and our lazy Sunday was amaaaazing. The weather was gorgeous, the Caps won their home opener {yay!} and we were even able to take Oliver to the dog park! I should have pictures to share with you all but of course I forgot to charge my camera. Well despite all the fun things we had going on this weekend, I still found time to spend in the kitchen and made a seriously delicious dinner. This folks is a MUST try!
I give you Lemon and Rosemary Chicken and this amazing recipe was sent to me by Chris’ mom who found it on Food Network. This. was. incredible. The combination of flavors were spot on, the chicken was juicy and your entire meal cooks all in one skillet! Doesn’t get much easier than that! I loved the flavor the potatoes had after cooking in the lemon-rosemary mixture and threw the lemons in the pan right along with them. Trust me your kitchen will smell crazy good!The entire meal altogether including prep time took about 40 minutes, but only about 15 minutes of real hands-on time. This yields 4 servings and I chose to cut a lot of fat and calories from the original recipe by using boneless skinless chicken breasts and less oil. I thought they still tasted just as delicious, but feel free to use chicken breasts with their skin for even more flavor!
Cover the potatoes with cold water in a saucepan and salt the water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Pile the rosemary leaves, garlic, 2 tsp. salt and the red pepper flakes on a cutting board, then mince and mash into a paste using a large knife. Transfer the paste to a bowl and stir in the juice of 1 lemon and the olive oil. Add the chicken and turn to coat.
Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, cover and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.
Turn the chicken; add potatoes to the skillet and drizzle with the juice of the remaining lemon. Add the rosemary sprigs and the squeezed lemon halves to the skillet; transfer to the oven and roast, uncovered, until the chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
Notes
Serving Size: 1 chicken breast + 2 potatoes • Calories: 419 • Fat: 7 g • Carbs: 54.3 g • Fiber: 5 g • Protein: 33.1 g • WW Points+: 9 pts
I made chicken Rosemary last week ( from the same source) & it is so goood, yours looks so yummy too. congrats to the winner 🙂 have a great week dear xx
I will need to make this sometime-love the presentation and I am sure that it tastes amazing. Thanks for sharing this. Sadly, I now have go to other posts, but this meal will be on my mind for awhile. Yum!
This chicken is right up my alley! I love using lemon on everything and rosemary makes it even better! Thanks for sharing! And congrats to Erin winning the book! I just got it recently and it’s so great!
I once made this very dish over a campfire. The only difference was that I cut the chicken into large-ish cubes for easier eating. It was so good! Thanks for reminding me to make it in my kitchen as well.
This looks fantastic Kelly. It’s been forever since I made this (different recipe; have to try yours now 😀 ). I think I need to make it… like right now. Is 1am too late for chicken?
I made this last night for dinner and my boyfriend and I LOVED it! Can wait to make it again (not to mention, have the leftovers for lunch today – YUM).
This is my first time commenting but I just wanted to let you know that I am making this right now and you are right – my house smells soooo good! Can’t wait for dinner! Thanks for a great new chicken dish.
Congratulations to Erin for winning a fantastic book!
Congrats to you for the Top 9 – I could reach through this screen and help myself to a serving of this lemon rosemary chicken and potatoes! Nicely done. 🙂
I feel like it can be really hard to make a chicken dish look gorgeous, but you’ve done it here! The meal sounds amazing…flavors like this are meant to be together!
Made this tonight and it was truly delish! Everything was so flavorful. Love that it’s so easy to make and so low calorie! Will be making this one again for sure.
I made this recipe a few nights ago and it was sooo good! My boyfriend liked it (which never happens) and as long as I don’t let him know that it is a relatively healthy meal he will continue to love it!
I tried this recipe last night and it was great! I’m not too good at cooking meat on top of the stove (I usually just shove it in the over) but (shocker!) I didn’t mess this up! The taste was amazing, but my chicken turned out a bit dry…I don’t think I needed to bake it in the over for the full 25 minutes. I plan on sharing this recipe soon on my site and will certainly link it back to you 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Wow!! I figured it would be good, but I wasn’t expecting HOW good! My husband appreciates good food but isn’t usually too vocal about it. Well, he couldn’t stop raving about this one and can’t wait for me to make it again. Even our 6-yr old was raving about it from her first bite! That is a serious recipe winner! I”ll be making this regular. Simple and even good enough for company! Thank you sooo much!
First time looking at this blog. I am currently on WW Points Plus. I needed a romantic anniversary dinner to impress my fiance that didn’t compromise my diet. This, a salad, and the diet coke brownies made for an amazing meal that really made him smile. Thank you so much!
I had friends coming over and was looking for a last minute lemon chicken recipe (the original one I was going to use had terrible reviews). Thanks to Pinterest, I found this, and Oh my goodness, this dish will now be a regular for me. So, so, so good. Thank you!
I just finished making and eating this dish and I must say that I absolutely loved it! It was so delicious and surprisingly easy to accomplish. My 5 year old who hates chicken even liked this. I followed your directions exactly and it turned out amazing.
This was really yummy! I don’t have an oven-proof skillet so I plopped it into a baking dish and then poured water into the hot pan after it came out to make a little sauce. Thanks for the recipe!
What a great dish! I have made 4 of your recipes in the last week! (Lemon Rosemary Chicken, Turkey Chili, Herb Crusted Pork Chops, and Fetuccini with Tomato-Cream sauce) All of them were amazing! Thanks for making cooking healthy easy.
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