Easy Baked Lemon Chicken

Easy baked lemon chicken - recipe with photo, main dishes
Rating: 4.7 Votes: 12
Cooking Time:
3 hours
Recipe Yield:
8 servings
Difficulty:
Medium recipe

Easy baked lemon chicken - a recipe for the main course, housewives always do not have enough time on holidays, this baked chicken recipe is very simple, even a child can make it, you just have to put the chicken in the oven.

Recipe Ingredients

Chicken 2 kg
Lemon 1 pcs
Potatoes 1 kg
Mayonnaise 3-4 tbsp
Ground Paprika 1-2 tsp

Cooking Recipe

For the lemon baked chicken recipe, wash the chicken carcass, salt and pepper the inside. Wash the lemon, cut off the tail and place inside the chicken. Cross over the chicken legs and tie with a thread.

Mix mayonnaise with paprika, pepper, you can also add mustard. Grate the chicken with a little salt, and then grease it with prepared mayonnaise. In order for the chicken breast not to dry out, but to be juicy, it is necessary to apply a thicker layer of mayonnaise on it. Place the chicken on a baking sheet and place in a preheated 200°C (390°F) oven. After an hour, the chicken will release juice, it needs to be watered 3-4 times with this juice. Chicken is cooked for 1.5-2 hours.

Wash and boil the potatoes, peel if desired, you can peel the potatoes, or you can cook with the peel. Boiled potatoes pour 2 tbsp. juice from the chicken, mix and put it on a baking sheet with the bird. Cook the chicken along with the potatoes for another 30 minutes. Ready baked chicken put on a large dish, cover with potatoes, sprinkle with herbs and serve. After cutting the chicken, you can pour the juice of a baked lemon on it, it will refresh its taste.