This juicy chicken is packed with lemon, garlic, and onion flavors that will make your mouth water and keep you coming back for more. This grilled lemon pepper chicken is the ideal summer grilling recipe.
Combine this chicken with some delectable sides to make a meal; my favorites are the grilled asparagus, the delectable melon side dish, and the delectable strawberry cheesecake salad.
Grilled LEMON PEPPER Chicken | WINGSTOP WHO??
Grilled Lemon Pepper Chicken 🔗
A little lemon and a little pepper liven up ordinary chicken breasts for dinner on the grill.
Prep: 5min
Total: 0min
Nutrition Facts: calories 420 calories, Fat 28 grams, Saturated Fat grams, Trans Fat grams, Cholesterol 135 milligrams, Sodium 210 milligrams, Carbohydrate 1 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Sugar grams, Protein 38 grams
Ingredients:
- 4 (8-ounce) bone-in, skin on, split chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup Land O Lakes® Butter with Olive Oil & Sea Salt divided
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Fresh thyme sprigs, if desired
- Grilled lemon slices, if desired
Instruction:
- Heat gas grill on medium or charcoal grill until coals are ash white.
- Combine 2 tablespoons Butter with Olive Oil & Sea Salt, lemon zest and pepper in bowl; mix well.
- Loosen skin on chicken breasts; spread lemon butter mixture under skin of each breast.
- Place remaining butter into bowl; microwave 5-10 seconds or just until melted. Stir in lemon juice.
- Place chicken onto grill, skin-side up. Grill 8 minutes. Turn chicken; brush top of chicken with 1/3 butter mixture. Grill 8 minutes. Turn chicken again, brush with 1/3 butter mixture. Grill 8 minutes. Turn chicken again, brush with remaining butter mixture. Grill 8-10 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165ºF and juices run clear when pierced with fork.
- Garnish with thyme sprigs and lemon slices, if desired.
FAQ
How do you cook chicken on the grill without it drying out?
Brining is simply immersing the chicken in a salt-water solution prior to grilling, which helps the chicken get great grill marks and prevents it from overcooking on the grill due to the increased surface moisture and sugars that brown quickly.
What does Soaking chicken in lemon juice do?
Everything you need to know about the lemon marinade Lemon juice not only adds flavor and acidity to the chicken, but it also helps to tenderize it, which is especially effective with leaner cuts of chicken like chicken breast.
How does Jamie Oliver make lemon chicken?
Everything you need to know about the lemon marinade Lemon juice not only adds flavor and acidity to the chicken, but it also helps to tenderize it, which is especially effective with leaner cuts of chicken like chicken breast.