Braised Lemon Chicken Breasts

Name: Braised Lemon Chicken Breasts
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 , split bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts (about 3 pounds), ribs removed (see below); 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 12 , shallots, peeled and halved lengthwise if large; 16 cloves, garlic, peeled; 12 cloves left whole, 4 cloves minced; 1 tablespoon, chopped fresh thyme leaves; 1 1/2 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 3 tablespoons, lemon juice plus 4 thin slices from 2 lemons; 1 tablespoon, honey; 1/4 cup, sour cream; 1 tablespoon, chopped fresh parsley leaves

11 comments

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2007

Main Courses

Chicken

Lemons should be able to transform plain old chicken into something exciting. This dish's bright lemon flavor comes from adding lemon twice and using ingredients-like honey and sour cream-that enhance its flavor.

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Chicken and lemon are a classic pairing, but infusing the meat with bold lemon flavor—as we wanted to do in our Braised Lemon Chicken Breasts recipe—can be difficult. Braising the chicken in a lemon sauce proved the best way to retain the l...

This is a members' feature.