Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lemon basil chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lemon basil chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lemon basil chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:

1. Prepare 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 olive oil
5. Take minced garlic
6. Prepare chopped fresh basil
7. Prepare salt
8. Get 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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