Lemon-Oregano Chicken

Name: Lemon-Oregano Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced; 118 milliliters lemon juice; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 Tbsp dried oregano; 0 teaspoons pepper; 4 servings Salt; 4 whole chicken legs (thighs with drumsticks; 2 1/3 lb. total)

Lemon-Oregano Chicken requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 21g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 350 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up garlic, chicken legs, oregano, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. It works well as a very reasonably priced main course.

Instructions

In a large plastic food bag (or bowl), combine lemon juice, oil, oregano, garlic, and pepper.

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Lemon Juice

Oregano

Garlic

Pepper

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Trim and discard excess fat from chicken legs. Rinse chicken and place in bag (or bowl). Seal and turn bag to mix chicken with marinade (or mix in bowl and cover airtight).

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Chicken Leg

Marinade

Whole Chicken

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Bowl

Let stand 10 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally. If making ahead, chill chicken in marinade up to 1 day.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Lift chicken from marinade and place pieces slightly apart on a rack in a 10- by 15-inch broiler pan; reserve marinade.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

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Broiler Pan

Broil about 6 inches from heat, turning as needed to brown evenly, until meat is no longer pink at bone (cut to test), 25 to 30 minutes total; up until the last 10 minutes, baste occasionally with the reserved marinade.

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Marinade

Bone