Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon basil chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Lemon basil chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Lemon basil chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. Prepare 3 chicken breasts, cut in half lengthwise to make 6 slim breasts
2. Get Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)
3. Prepare Zest of one lemon
4. Get 1/2 cup olive oil
5. Take 1 tbsp minced garlic
6. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
7. Take 1/2 tsp salt
8. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper

Steps to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. I like to cut my chicken breasts in half lengthwise, essentially making 2 breast out of one. I do this for several reasons. First, it allows for the flavor to soak in better. Second, it Cooks faster. Third, it Cooks more evenly.
2. Zest the lemon first.
3. Juice the lemon. If you don't quote have enough juice to make 1/4 cup, then you can add orange juice to even it out.
4. Mix all ingredients into a bowl.
5. Add chicken to bowl until completely covered.
6. Let sit for exactly 1 hour! This is very important. If it under marinates, you won't get the strong flavor. But also don't over marinate. The lemon juice is an acid and will break down the material on the chicken. 1 hour is perfect.
7. Grill for 8 minutes on medium high heat, flipping once half way through.

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