Monday, November 30, 2009

Greek Yogurt Chicken



A good marinate always goes a LONG way and make your food super wuper delicious! A best thing about this recipe, you can prepare everything the night before and pop it into the oven or simply pan fry it anytime for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

* 1 cup plain low fat yogurt
* Finely grated peel of 1 lemon
* 1½ tablespoon lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh oregano
* 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
* 1 medium clove garlic, peeled and chopped
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* Freshly ground black pepper to taste
* 4 Chicken breast

Directions


  1. Combine the yogurt, lemon peel and juice, oregano, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper.
  2. Put the chicken into a dish and spread about 1/4 cup of the yogurt sauce over the chicken. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight. Cover and refrigerate the remaining yogurt sauce.
  3. Place the chicken on a rack in a baking pan and bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 30 minutes. Turn the oven 30 minutes. Turn the oven to broil and continue cooking about 5 minutes, until the chicken is browned on top and cooked through.
  4. You can also pan fry the chicken for around 10 minutes on each side (Depending on the thickness of your fillet)
  5. Spoon the yogurt sauce over the chicken and serve.

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