Chicken With Roasted Lemon And Rosemary Sauce

Serves: 6

Darlene Legros

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

54

Spice

57

Sweetness

40

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 large

Lemon

Directions:

1

Put the potatoes in a pot of salted cold water and bring to a boil

2

Cook until just tender, about 20 minutes

3

Drain and let cool, but do not peel

4

Cut in half and set aside

5

Preheat the broiler

6

Cut a small slice off both ends of each lemon, then cut in half crosswise

7

Arrange the lemons, flesh side up, in a flameproof non-reactive baking dish, brush with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper

8

Broil 6 inches or more from the heat until browned and soft, about 10 minutes

9

Let cool

10

Squeeze the lemon halves over a sieve suspended over a bowl

11

Push and stir the pulp through the sieve with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon

12

Discard the lemon shells

13

Preheat the oven to 450°F

14

Season the chicken with salt and pepper

15

Heat the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a large ovenproof saut pan over medium-high heat until hot

16

Add the chicken, lower the heat to medium, and cook, turning once, until brown on both sides, about 5 minutes

17

Remove to a platter

18

Return the pan to medium-high heat, add the potatoes, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring and tossing, until brown all over, about 5 minutes

19

Drain off the excess oil

20

Arrange the chicken breasts on top of the potatoes and place in the oven to reheat and cook through, about 10 minutes

21

When done,remove the chicken to a platter and put the pan with the potatoes over medium-high heat

22

Toss well so the pan juices are absorbed into the potatoes

23

Scrape the potatoes out of the pan onto the platter around the chicken

24

Return the pan to medium-high heat and add the garlic

25

Sauté briefly until light brown

26

Immediately add the reserved roasted lemon juice (this final flash of heat will cook off any residual acid flavor), stock, rosemary, and parsley

27

Stir and scrape up all the browned bits that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan

28

Season to taste with salt and pepper

29

If the sauce tastes too lemony, stir in the optional butter

30

Pour the sauce over the chicken and potatoes and serve immediately

31

Put the potatoes in a pot of salted cold water and bring to a boil

32

Cook until just tender, about 20 minutes

33

Drain and let cool, but do not peel

34

Cut in half and set aside

35

Preheat the broiler

36

Cut a small slice off both ends of each lemon, then cut in half crosswise

37

Arrange the lemons, flesh side up, in a flameproof non-reactive baking dish, brush with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper

38

Broil 6 inches or more from the heat until browned and soft, about 10 minutes

39

Let cool

40

Squeeze the lemon halves over a sieve suspended over a bowl

41

Push and stir the pulp through the sieve with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon

42

Discard the lemon shells

43

Preheat the oven to 450°F

44

Season the chicken with salt and pepper

45

Heat the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a large ovenproof saut pan over medium-high heat until hot

46

Add the chicken, lower the heat to medium, and cook, turning once, until brown on both sides, about 5 minutes

47

Remove to a platter

48

Return the pan to medium-high heat, add the potatoes, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring and tossing, until brown all over, about 5 minutes

49

Drain off the excess oil

50

Arrange the chicken breasts on top of the potatoes and place in the oven to reheat and cook through, about 10 minutes

51

When done,remove the chicken to a platter and put the pan with the potatoes over medium-high heat

52

Toss well so the pan juices are absorbed into the potatoes

53

Scrape the potatoes out of the pan onto the platter around the chicken

54

Return the pan to medium-high heat and add the garlic

55

Sauté briefly until light brown

56

Immediately add the reserved roasted lemon juice (this final flash of heat will cook off any residual acid flavor), stock, rosemary, and parsley

57

Stir and scrape up all the browned bits that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan

58

Season to taste with salt and pepper

59

If the sauce tastes too lemony, stir in the optional butter

60

Pour the sauce over the chicken and potatoes and serve immediately