Portions: 4 servings Calories: 541kcal |
Dinner is served! Rubbed with fresh garlic and infused with lemon, this chicken is savory, crunchy, and ridiculously easy to cook. Make a lemon garlic chicken one-pot meal with chicken, sweet potatoes, carrots, and a lemon garlic marinade. This easy chicken casserole recipe is cooked in 30 minutes.
By - Last revised . Original May 25, 2012.
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Chicken in lemon garlic marinade.
Why I ❤️ it
If you're looking for a new, great one-step chicken dish to serve, this simple lemon and garlic chicken recipe will make you fall in love with your new favorite dinner recipe.
Chicken, sweet potato, carrot, and magical garlic and lemon flavors. This is a very flexible dish, so you can use chicken breast in lieu of thighs, and add more vegetables if you so wish.
Lemon garlic chicken recipe
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Ingredients
Garlic lemon sauce / marinade
- ½ cup lemon juice, (or ¼ cup lime juice + ¼ cup of orange juice)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon of freshly-cracked black pepper
For the chicken and veggies
- 1 large white onion, cut into cubes
- 2 bell peppers, cut into cubes
- 12 chicken thighs, or 12 drumsticks
- 2 cups of peeled and cubed sweet potato
- 2 cups of peeled and cubed carrots
- Some chopped parsley, rosemary, or fresh thyme to garnish.
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Preparation
Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.
Step 1: Making the sauce / marinade
Mix all the sauce ingredients for the sauce (lemon juice, brown sugar, garlic powder, ketchup, salt, and pepper).
Step 2: Season the chicken
Place chicken thighs in a bowl and stir in the onion and bell pepper. Add the sauce mixture, moving around until the meat is coated with the sauce.
Cover and marinate for at least two hours in the fridge.
Step 3: Cooking
Heat the oven to medium-high heat (350 ºC [180 ºC]).
Place the sweet potatoes and carrots in a baking pan. Put the chicken legs (and onion and bell pepper) on top of the vegetables, and drizzle everything with the sauce in which the chicken marinated.
Roast for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and lightly golden.
Step 3: Serving
Remove from the oven and sprinkle with fresh herbs.
Top tips
- Line the bottom of the pan with aluminum foil for easy cleaning later on if you use a metal baking pan.
- You can save the leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 2 days in an airtight container.
Serving suggestions
You can also garnish it with lemon slices and wedges, but it's a simple one-pot dish that requires nothing else for a full meal.
This chicken dish goes great with this mango habanero salsa, or drizzled with some of of my favorite sauces.
Variations
If you feel particularly adventurous, add some chunks of fresh pineapple to your vegetable mix. Yes, it tastes divine.
You can also add more vegetables. Broccoli or zucchini go great with the flavors in this dish.
You can make this dish with boneless skinless chicken breast, but add 3 tablespoons of butter or olive oil to the marinade because it would be otherwise too dry.
Nutritional information
Calories: 553kcal - Carbohydrates: 23g - Protein: 36g - Fat: 35g - Saturated Fat: 14g - Cholesterol: 116mg - Sodium: 1642mg - Potassium: 765mg - Fiber: 2g - Sugar: 13g - Vitamin A: 1030IU - Vitamin C: 9.1mg - Calcium: 587mg - Iron: 2.2mg
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FAQs
What to serve with lemon garlic chicken?
If you are looking for ideas to serve with lemon garlic chicken, try oven fried potatoes, or roasted vegetables.
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Lemon Garlic Chicken Recipe |+Video|
Ingredients
Garlic lemon sauce / marinade
- ½ cup lemon juice (or ¼ cup lime juice + ¼ cup of orange juice)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons garlic cloves
- ¼ cup Ketchup
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
For the chicken and veggies
- 1 white onion (large), cut into cubes
- 2 bell pepper , cut into cubes
- 6 chicken thighs or 12 drumsticks
- 2 cups sweet potato cut into cubes
- 2 cups carrots , cut into cubes
- Some chopped parsley, rosemary, or fresh thyme to garnish.
Instructions
Step 1: Making the sauce / marinade
- Mix all the sauce ingredients for the sauce (lemon juice, brown sugar, garlic powder, ketchup, salt, and pepper).
Step 2: Season the chicken
- Place chicken thighs in a bowl and stir in the onion and bell pepper. Add the sauce mixture, moving around until the meat is coated with the sauce.Cover and marinate for at least two hours in the fridge.
Step 3: Cooking
- Heat the oven to medium-high heat (350 ºC [180 ºC]).Place the sweet potatoes and carrot in a baking pan. Put the chicken legs (and onion and bell pepper) on top of the vegetables, and drizzle everything with the sauce in which the chicken marinated.Roast for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and light golden.
Step 4: Serving
- Remove from the heat, sprinkle with fresh herbs, and serve
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By , published May 25, 2012 on Tia Clara
For the homemade sauce you have 1/2 cup water and toward the end of the ingredients you have 1/2 water agua. I am confused. Why is there water without any measurement? Is this a mistake? Thank you.
You are right! Sorry about that, it was left over from the Spanish translation. I fixed it.
Great recipe. Wondering if it would be okay to add any herbs to the homemade sauce. Thank you
You can try it, it will probably work.
This is a very simple cuisine yet the taste was delightful that everyone at home loved! I made it together with my little sis. We are really happy to know that they loved it. We'll make it again. And that's for sure. 🙂