Oven Braised Lemon Chicken

Oven Braised Lemon Chicken

Curated from theculinarychronicles.com by Dawn T.

Moist and tender chicken thighs and drumsticks are paired with the bright notes of lemon and capers to produce thisl wonderfully hearty and flavorful dish.

  • Serves: 4
  • Active Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr
  • Comments: 4
  • Views: 2211
  • Success: 100%
Comments
Juan jesus R

Lemon and slow cooking

Hi,

If I make this recipe using slow cooking and lower temperature (let's say braising recommended 200F instead of 350F in original recipe) I am worry about power of lemon and how is going to affect the final result (white part of zest could maybe bitter the dish).
It's better use the yellow part of the zest only?

Thanks a lot,

JJ

Dawn T
Rouxbe Staff

Re: Lemon and Slow Cooking

I have not personally tried this dish, but it seems to have good comments. As for the slow and low cooking and using all of the lemon, I think that it should still work well. The lower temperature will just mean that you will need to cook the dish for a longer period of time. Hope that helps. Cheers!

Juan jesus R

Re: Lemon and Slow Cooking

Hi,

Thank you Dawn for your answer, I wil try "slow" original recipe....

Best regards, JJ

Juan jesus R

Re: Lemon and Slow Cooking Feedback

Hi again,

I cooked chicken for around 02 hours at 250F. Lemon flavour was nice but bitter for me. I had to add some sugar to the sauce to compensate bitterness. Chicken was tender and juicy.
Probably if you cook only for 25 or 30 minutes at 350F like in the original recipe you can get a softer lemon flavour but I love fork tender meat. Next time I will try with lemon zest instead of lemon slices.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards, JJ

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