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Healthy Lemon Recipes

Chicken Thighs with Lemon

This is a great Sunday dinner. It's healthy, it's quick and it's a crowd pleaser.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 4 persons

Equipment

  • Large Skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 4 chicken thighs boneless, skin on (if you can get from butcher)
  • 1/2 teasoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic sliced
  • 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1/3 cup kalamata olives optional
  • 1 lemon thinly sliced
  • 4 sprigs fresh dill coarsley chopped

Instructions
 

  • Trim excess skin from chicken. Season well with salt and pepper. Cut onion into 1/2 inch wedges, leaving root end intact.
  • Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, skin side down and cook until crisp, about 8 minutes. Flip and cook one minute longer. Transfer to plate. Pour all but 1 tablespoon fat from pan. Add onion wedges and cook until crisp tender, approximately six minutes. Add garlic and cook one minute. Add vinegar, scraping browned bits from skillet. Add broth. When simmering, return chicken to skillet, skin side up, with olives and lemon.
  • Reduce heat to medium low and cook until chicken registers 160 degrees on meat thermometer, approximately 10 minutes. Top with dill and serve.