This lemon pepper chicken recipe is chicken thighs seared with lemon zest and coarse pepper. It is not lemon chicken piccata or a pepper steak.
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Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
Lemon Pepper Chicken. From Olivia.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons butter
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 garlic cloves
Instructions
- Season the thighs with salt, pepper, and zest.
- Sear them skin side down in oil until the skin is brown, about 8 minutes. Flip and cook through.
- Add butter, garlic, and lemon juice and baste for 1 minute.
Notes
Zest the lemon before you juice it.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Thighs
Skin on, so they crisp.
Pepper
Coarse. Fine pepper burns.
Butter
At the end, with the juice.
Skin
Leave it alone while it sears. Moving it tears the crust.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Breast?
Pound it thinner and cut the time.
Storage
Fridge, 3 days.
Sides
A green salad or rice.
Zest
On the chicken before the pan, so it does not only sit in the sauce.