Fiery Lemon Glazed Chicken Recipes

FIERY LEMON GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a shallow dish add the bread crumbs, garlic, salt, pepper and blend together. Dredge both sides of the chicken in the crumb mixture.
• In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice, honey, and Tabasco. Set aside.
• In a large non-stick pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chicken, cover, and sauté until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 10-12 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan.
• Add the lemon-honey glaze to the pan. Cook for about 30 seconds until syrupy. Return cooked chicken to pan, flipping the chicken once to coat with the glaze.
• Remove from pan and serve.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH FIERY LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Remove gilblets from chicken, if present. Place chicken in plastic bag set in shallow dish. slice 2 of the lemons; add to bag. Finely shred 2 teaspoons peel from remaining lemons; set aside. Squeeze lemons to yield 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbls. juice for glaze.
• For marinade, in bowl combine 1/2 cup lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, garlic, 1/2 tsp of the cayenne pepper and 1/2 teaspoons each salt and black pepper. Pour over chicken; turn to coat. Seal bag. Refrigerate 8 to 12 hours; turn occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Let chicken stand at room temp for 15 minutes. Drain chicken and set aside lemon slices; discard marinade. Pull neck skin back and fasten with a skewer. Tie drumsticks to tail. Twist wing tips under back.
• Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Cover with lemon slices. Arrange lemon halves or quarters on rack around chicken. Roast on lowest rack, uncovered, for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, in small saucepan combine honey, the shredded lemon peel, the 2 Tbls. lemon juice, and remaining 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper. Bring to boin over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, set aside.
• Cut string between drumsticks and reposition any lemon slices that have slid off of chicken. Continue roasting 30-60 minutes more, or until drumsticks move easily in their sockets and chicken is no longer pink (180 F), occasionally brushing with some of the honey mixture during the last 20 minutes of roasting. If lemons begin to darken, tent loosely with foil. Remove chicken from oven. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing. Serve with remaining honey glaze.

SPICY GLAZED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and pound to an even ½-inch thickness with a heavy skillet or meat pounder.
• In a large (12-inch) skillet, combine the oil, almonds and garlic. Season with salt, then set over high heat. Once the mixture starts to sizzle, reduce heat to medium and cook, swirling occasionally, until light golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and use a slotted spoon to transfer the almonds and garlic to a paper towel-lined plate. (Keep the oil in the skillet.)
• Set the skillet over medium-high. Season the chicken all over with 1 teaspoon salt, then add to the skillet and cook until browned underneath and opaque halfway up the sides, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and transfer the chicken to a plate, seared side up.
• With the skillet still over low heat, add the tomato paste and red-pepper flakes and cook, stirring constantly and scraping up browned bits, until the paste is a shade darker and starts to stick to the skillet, 1 to 2 minutes. Return the chicken, as well as any accumulated juices, seared side up to the skillet, cover, and cook until the chicken is cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. (The moisture from the chicken will keep the tomato paste from burning, but if you're concerned, add a teaspoon of water as a preventative measure.)
• Uncover, add the lemon juice, then flip and drag the chicken through the tomato-lemon glaze to coat all sides. Transfer to plates, spoon over any remaining glaze and sprinkle with the fried almonds and garlic.