Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Lemon

Total Time

Prep: 20 min. + marinating Bake: 35 min.

Makes

8 servings

Updated: Sep. 30, 2022
While visiting our daughters in Ohio, we celebrated by cooking a wonderful Lebanese dinner. I showed my daughters how to bake chicken with garlic roasted potatoes. We finished with our homemade baklava. —Shirley Glaab, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Lemon Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
  • 3 medium lemons, thinly sliced
  • SPICE BLEND:
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk the first eight ingredients until blended. Pour 1 cup marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°. Arrange lemon slices in two greased 11x7-in. baking dishes. Drain chicken, discarding marinade in bag. Place chicken over lemon slices. Mix spice blend ingredients; sprinkle over chicken. Drizzle with reserved marinade. Bake, covered, 35-40 minutes or until a thermometer reads 165°.

Nutrition Facts

1 chicken breast half : 385 calories, 26g fat (4g saturated fat), 94mg cholesterol, 469mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 1g fiber), 34g protein.