Chicken Breasts With Meyer Lemons

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup fresh meyer lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 6 boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
• 12 thin lemon slices, pitted
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow glass or ceramic dish, stir together lemon juice and garlic.
• 2 add chicken, turning to coat both sides with the mixture. cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
• 3 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 4 in a medium bowl, stir together flour,salt and pepper.
• 5 dip chicken sin seasoned flour to coat lightly.
• 6 in a large frying pan heat oil over medium heat.
• 7 remove chicken from marinade; cook chicken until it browns lightly, turning once to brown both sides.
• 8 arrange, skin side up, in a 13x9 inch glass or ceramic baking pan.
• 9 sprinkle lemon zest over chicken, top each peice with 2 lemon slices.
• 10 pour chicken broth into hot frying pan, stirring to scrape up any borwn bits.
• 11 pour broth over chicken; sprinkle brown sugar on top.
• 12 bake basting once with the broth, until the chicken is no longer pink and the top is golden brown, about 40 minutes.
• 13 remove and discard lemon slices.
• 14 spoon some of the pan juices over each breast; serve with lemon wedges, so lemon juice can be sprinkled on top is disired.