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Roasted Chicken Breast with Olive Oil and Herbs
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Roasted Chicken Breast with Olive Oil and Herbs

Juicy, seasoned roasted chicken breast with herbs and olive oil - simple, healthy and tasty for a quick dinner

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Place the chicken between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet to an even thickness of 2 cm.
    ⚙ Pound to an even thicknessMeat malletPlastic wrap
    💡Pound gently from the center outward: the goal is even thickness, not the thinnest possible cut, and torn meat dries out as it cooks.
  2. 2
    In a bowl, mix the olive oil, paprika, garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt and black pepper and coat the chicken in the mixture.
    Bowl
  3. 3
    Cover and marinate in the fridge at least 20 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  4. 4
    Heat a grill pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveGrill pan
  5. 5
    Sear the chicken in a single layer 4–5 minutes per side, until it is nicely seared and cooked through.
    Stove
    💡Chicken pieces in a single layer, left alone until the underside releases, sear and brown; in a crowded pan they release liquid and steam.
  6. 6
    Let the chicken rest 5 minutes before cutting.
    KnifeCutting board
  7. 7
    Squeeze the lemon juice over the top and serve.
337calories
40 gprotein
1 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 48%● carbs 2%● fat 50%

Per serving (195 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Grill pan · Also works: Cast-iron pan (No grill marks) · Charcoal grill (Outdoors) · Broiler (Broiler)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Meat mallet · Also works: Rolling pin (Rolling pin or heavy pot, between plastic sheets)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Plastic wrap

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