Lemon and Herb Chicken
- Eats by Vimbiso
- Feb 11, 2019
- 1 min read
Enjoy my flavourful lemon and herb chicken recipe with your loved ones. It's blasting with a tangy and savory flavour. It feels so fresh and so wonderful.

Prep time:10 minutes
Cook time:40 minutes
Servings:3
Ingredients
5 chicken pieces 1 lemon zest 3/4 cup lemon juice 1/3 cup chopped parsley 1/3 cup chopped scallions 1 tbsp basil 1 tbsp thyme 1 tbsp elephant garlic / 2 cloves garlic
2 tsp salt & pepper
2 tbsp butter
Procedure
Preheat oven to 180°c.
Rub half of all the lemon zest, lemon juice, parsley, scallions, basil, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper on the chicken pieces.

Melt the butter in the baking pan then add the chicken and bake for 40 minutes.
Be checking on the chicken every 7 minutes as you keep adding the remaining herbs and lemon juice until the chicken is ready
Take the chicken out of the pan and serve with rice or potatoes.
Important notes:
Gradually add the herbs and lemon juice as the chicken cooks.
Cover the chicken with butter while tossing and turning the chicken
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