Easiest Way to Make Quick Lemon basil chicken

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lemon basil chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Lemon basil chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Lemon basil chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. Take 3 chicken breasts, cut in half lengthwise to make 6 slim breasts
2. Prepare Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)
3. Make ready Zest of one lemon
4. Get 1/2 cup olive oil
5. Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
6. Get 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
7. Get 1/2 tsp salt
8. Make ready 1/4 tsp pepper

Steps to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. I like to cut my chicken breasts in half lengthwise, essentially making 2 breast out of one. I do this for several reasons. First, it allows for the flavor to soak in better. Second, it Cooks faster. Third, it Cooks more evenly.
2. Zest the lemon first.
3. Juice the lemon. If you don't quote have enough juice to make 1/4 cup, then you can add orange juice to even it out.
4. Mix all ingredients into a bowl.
5. Add chicken to bowl until completely covered.
6. Let sit for exactly 1 hour! This is very important. If it under marinates, you won't get the strong flavor. But also don't over marinate. The lemon juice is an acid and will break down the material on the chicken. 1 hour is perfect.
7. Grill for 8 minutes on medium high heat, flipping once half way through.

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