Chicken with Lemon, Green Olives, and Capers

Hen with Lemon, Inexperienced Olives, and Capers is such a scrumptious and spectacular dish for a particular dinner! Serving the rooster with roasted lemons provides it superb taste, and it will particularly be successful with individuals who additionally like inexperienced olives and capers.

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Hen with Lemon, Inexperienced Olives, and Capers is customized from a recipe I first noticed in The Bon Appetit Cookbook (affiliate hyperlink). And this fascinating rooster recipe with roasted lemons was a winner from the primary time we tried it.

The unique recipe had flour, however once we gave this recipe a much-needed a photograph replace, we skipped the flour to make it a low-carb dinner. And after I examined the no-flour model with Jake and Kara, all of us cherished this recipe!

What intrigued me most about this lemon rooster recipe was the method of roasting the thinly-sliced lemons. These tasty lemon are eaten pores and skin and all, presumably impressed by Moroccan preserved lemons. I believe everybody who likes rooster with lemon and enjoys inexperienced olives and capers will completely love this recipe; hope you attempt it!

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Don’t wish to trouble with roasted lemons?

I cherished the mixture of rooster with roasted lemons and inexperienced olives right here, with a number of capers added into the combo. And anybody who enjoys these Mediterranean elements will in all probability like this tasty rooster dish. And the roasted lemons had been a wow for us! However if you happen to don’t wish to take time to roast the lemons, I believe this rooster would nonetheless be good with simply capers and inexperienced olives, with some sliced lemon to squeeze on on the desk.

Why do I like to recommend low-sodium rooster broth for this recipe?

I all the time attempt to use my selfmade rooster inventory in recipes when I’ve some within the freezer. However if you happen to’re shopping for rooster broth for this recipe I’d select low sodium rooster broth (affiliate hyperlink) as a result of each capers and inexperienced olives are excessive in sodium.

How low in carbs is that this lemon rooster recipe?

This tasty recipe with rooster, roasted lemons, inexperienced olives, and capers has solely 4.7 web carbs per serving with 40 grams of protein!

The way to make Hen with Lemon, Inexperienced Olives, and Capers:

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1. Preheat oven to 325F/170C.
2. Minimize lemons into 12 skinny slices; we used a Mandoline Slicer.
3. Unfold out parchment paper on baking sheet, brush lemons with olive oil and roast about 25 minutes.
4. Whereas the lemons roast, trim boneless rooster breasts and rub with Poultry Seasoning (affiliate hyperlink) and freshly floor black pepper.
5. Warmth olive oil in a heavy frying pan over medium-high warmth, then prepare dinner rooster items till they’re properly browned on each side.
6. Whereas rooster cooks, slice inexperienced olives, measure capers (and rinse if desired), and chop parsley.
7. Slice off 4 tablespoons of butter from a stick of butter to make particular person pats of butter.
8. Take away lemons from the oven when barely dry and barely beginning to brown, about 25 minutes.
9. Sprinkle olives and capers over the rooster and add the low-sodium rooster inventory or canned rooster broth. (Utilizing low-sodium rooster inventory is vital as a result of olives and capers are each salty.)
10. Cut back warmth to medium-low and let the rooster breasts simmer till the inventory is decreased, about 10-Quarter-hour.
11. When there may be just a bit inventory left within the pan, add a pat of butter on high of every piece of rooster and let it begin to soften.
12. Prepare the roasted lemon slices on the rooster items and prepare dinner just some minutes extra.
13. Serve the rooster sizzling, sprinkled with chopped parsley if desired.

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

This tasty recipe for rooster with lemon can be scrumptious with any of those low-carb facet dishes:

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Low-Carb Weight loss plan / Low-Glycemic Weight loss plan / South Seashore Weight loss plan Recommendations:
This stovetop rooster dinner with lemon is an efficient dish for any low-carb food regimen, together with Keto. Personally I’d eat this for any section of the unique South Seashore Weight loss plan, though butter isn’t actually beneficial for South Seashore if you happen to’re following the letter of the regulation.

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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe for Hen with Lemons, Inexperienced Olives, and Capers was first posted in 2006! I’ve made it many instances since then, and the recipe was up to date with higher pictures in 2020. It was final up to date with extra info in 2026.