Church Cookbook Classics: Newlywed Lemon Chicken
 
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Easy oven dinner
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cans golden mushroom soup
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ⅛ tsp lemon pepper
  • 2 TBS fresh lemon juice
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 2 TBS Olive Oil or your favorite oil
  • 4 chicken breasts (4 oz)
  • Fresh lemon slices
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a bowl combine soup, paprika, lemon pepper, tarragon & lemon juice
  3. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper
  4. Add oil to pan on med heat until hot
  5. Brown chicken breasts on each side -- 2 to 4 minutes each side
  6. **Optional Julia Child Step: When chicken breast have browned, remove from pan. Deglaze the pan with a small amount of a dry white wine -- 2 to 4 oz. , take off of heat and stir in 1 or 2 TBSPs of butter - stir into your sauce mixture
  7. Spread a small amount of sauce mixture on the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking
  8. Pour remain mixture over chicken
  9. Cover and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until chicken reaches 165 degrees
  10. Before serving, cut lemon it ¼ inch slices; make a cut halfway through lemon circle. Twist in the opposite directions at the slit (180 degrees). Garnish each chicken slice.
  11. Serve with or over rice.
Recipe by Farm Girl Cook'n at https://farmgirlcookn.com/church-cookbook-classics-newlywed-lemon-chicken/