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Lemon-pepper Chicken Recipe

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Ingredients

2 tb Lemon juice
Lemon-Pepper Barbecue Sauce:
1 tb Brown sugar
1/8 ts Cayenne pepper
1 1/2 ts Vegetable oil
1/8 ts Ground allspice
1/4 ts Paprika
1/4 c sliced onion
1 ts Dry mustard
1 tb Cider vinegar
8 Chicken breast halves or legs with thighs
8 oz Tomato sauce
1 Clove garlic, crushed
Stephen Ceideburg
1 ts Dried basil
1/4 ts Coarse ground black pepper
1 Lemon, grated zest only

Directions

Step #1 preheat your trusty oven to 350 degrees.
Step #2 Strip skin from chicken & discard.
Step #3 Trim off fat.
Step #4 Coat each piece of chicken with about 2 tbsps Lemon-Pepper Barbecue Sauce.
Step #5 Arrange in single layer in baking pan.
Step #6 Bake 45 mins to 1 hr, or until juices run clear when thickest part is pierced.
Step #7 Per serving (chicken breast): 171 calories, 27 grams protein, 4 grams fat, 73 milligrams cholesterol, 5 grams carbohydrate, 235 milligrams sodium.
Step #8 Per serving (chicken leg & attached thigh): 336 calories, 16 grams fat, 138 milligrams cholesterol, 40 grams protein, 7 grams carbohydrate, 476 milligrams sodium.
Step #9 LEMON-PEPPER BARBECUE SAUCE Makes 1 c (Enough to cover 8 chicken pieces) Use this as a basting sauce and/or marinade for skinless chicken pieces or for lean pork roasts & chops.
Step #10 Lemon Pepper Barbecue Sauce In small heavy saucepan over med-heat/flame, cook onion in oil until softened, stirring often.
Step #11 stir in the garlic and cook a min longer.
Step #12 stir in the tomato sauce, basil, brown sugar, mustard, allspice, black & cayenne peppers, lemon zest, paprika, lemon juice & vinegar.
Step #13 Bring to a simmer over lowest heat setting & cook, covered, 15 mins.
Step #14 Cool to about room temp for use right away, or put in the fridge in glass or plastic container for up to 2 weeks.
Step #15 Per 2-tbsp serving: 29 calories, 1 gram protein, 1 grams fat, 5 gram carbohydrate, 0 cholesterol, 172 milligrams sodium.
Step #16 Francis Price writing in the Oregonian's FOODday, 1/12/93.
Step #17 Posted by Stephen Ceideburg.
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