Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lemon basil chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lemon basil chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Lemon basil chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:

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

Instructions 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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