Recipe: Garlic Chicken

I'm always on the look out for low calorie dinners.  Especially if they involve chicken.  This dish, though it doesn't seem like it, has very few calories.  My app says it's around 195.  So, if you're on a diet, or watching your calories, then this is the dish for you!  

I didn't know what to expect when I was making this dish...garlic and brown sugar just don't seem to go together, but they do.  Maybe not alone, but on chicken, it's the perfect blend of sweetness and spice.  This is a keeper recipe for my house!  

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

4 garlic cloves, minced

4 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon olive oil

additional herbs and spices, as desired

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 450°F 

Line a baking dish or cookie sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat with cooking spray or lightly brush with oil.

In small sauté pan, sauté garlic with the oil until tender.

Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar. Add additional herbs and spices as desired.

Season chicken with salt and pepper. .Place breasts in a prepared baking dish and cover with the garlic and brown sugar mixture.

Bake uncovered for 15-30 minutes, or until juices run clear.  Serve immediately!

Sorry there are two missing, we were just so hungry! haha.

Enjoy! 

xx

Recipe: Lemon Rosemary Chicken:

I found this on Pinterest the other day, and I had to make it!  It looked so yummy!  It's a very quick meal, and it is as good as it looks.  The only issue I had was that there was a little bit too much rosemary.  When I make this dish again, I'm thinking about halfing the size.  Maybe even a little less. 

Ingredients: 

4 Large Chicken Thighs with Bone and Skin

3 Tbsp Olive Oil 

1 Tbsp Dried Rosemary 

1 Lemon 

1 tsp Salt 

1 tsp Black Pepper 

Directions:

Place the chicken thighs in a baking dish, season (to taste) with salt and black pepper.

Drizzle the olive oil, sprinkle the rosemary, and top off with the lemon slices.  Cover and place into the fridge for an hour (up to four). 

After the hour has passed, Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

While your oven is heating up, warm up a skillet over medium high heat, drain the chicken of excess oil, and place in the pan skin side down.  You can cook with the lemon slice still on, but I left it off and put it back on for the oven part.  

Once the chicken is golden brown, flip over and cook the other side.  This should take around 4 to 5 minutes for each side.

Then place the chicken back into a baking dish, and bake for around 20 minutes.

Enjoy!! 

xx