Lebanese chicken (frarej)
4 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
4 | Chicken breasts, with skin and ribs | |
2 | teaspoons | Salt |
¾ | cup | Olive oil |
3 | larges | Lemons, juiced |
2 | larges | Potatoes |
2 | Garlic cloves | |
1 | large | White onion, minced |
4 | Roma tomatoes | |
Pita Bread |
Directions
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
Rinse in cold water
4 chicken breasts, with skins and ribs Rub each with
½ tsp salt
Mix
juice of 3 large lemons ¾ cup olive oil Place into a 9x13 baking dish
2 large potatoes, skinned, cut into ½ cubes 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 large white onion, sliced into half-circles the lemon/olive-oil mixture
Stir the ingredients to coat the potatoes. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
Add the chicken breasts and
4 roma tomatoes (or as many as desired) to the backing dish.
Generously spoon the hot lemon/oil/garlic mixture over the chicken.
Put the dish back into the oven and cook uncovered for another 20 minutes, or until the skins on the chicken turn a very dark brown and the chicken is firm and does not ooze when poked with a fork. Baste the chicken breasts two or three times in the lemon/oil mixture during cooking.
Serve with pita bread. Serve each breast with a helping of potatoes, some onions, and a tomato.
NOTE: Skinless breasts dry out too quickly. Remove the skins after the chicken is done.
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