Baked Lemon Chicken with New Potatoes and Vegetables

Baked Lemon Chicken with New Potatoes and Vegetables

4 servings

6 tablespoons oil, divided

2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced, 1 juiced
4 chicken breasts

2 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

fresh green beans, enough for 4 servings

2 or 3 large carrots, sliced into sticks

bag of small red potatoes, quartered
1 onion, sliced

Preheat oven to 450°. Coat a large baking dish with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Arrange lemon slices from 1 lemon in a single layer on the bottom of the dish.  In a skillet, brown chicken on both sides in 1 tablespoon oil.  In a large bowl combine remaining oil, lemon juice of 2nd lemon, garlic, salt and pepper. Add green beans, carrots, potatoes, and onion; toss to coat. Using tongs, remove vegetables and arrange them on top of lemon slices, leaving the center of the pan open.  Place browned chicken in the center of baking dish. Pour any remaining oil over chicken, and top with additional freshly ground pepper. Bake for 50 minutes and enjoy!

This was wonderful!!! The recipe is my adaptation of one I found at a very sweet recipe blog, Kelly's Korner Recipes. Thanks Kelly! We all loved this! Yum! Yum! :-)