Citrus Brown Sugar Chicken
Description
The lemon juice and zest rounds out the brown sugar in this chicken recipe. After one bite, this will be one of your favorite to-go to chicken recipes in the future. Serve with your favorite rice and a salad.
Ingredients
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs or combination
1 tbl. zest of 1 large orange or 2 medium lemons
1/3 to 1/2 c. juice of 1 large orange or 2 medium lemons
1 c. flour
1 T. smoked paprika
2 t. kosher salt
1 1/2 T. olive oil
1 T. brown sugar
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x13 inch baking pan.
Chicken should not be more than 1/2" thick. If they are, place them in a heavy freezer ziploc bag then pound them thinner.
Combine flour, paprika and salt in a flat bottomed pan. Whisk together, then place each piece of chicken in the flour and turn over to coat well.
Heat oil over medium- high heat in a large skillet. Put chicken in the oil and brown for about 2 minutes on each side. Don't overcrowd. Remove chicken, place in baking pan. Pour citrus juice in the hot skillet and stir to de-glaze and scrape up all browned bits. Pour this over the chicken. Sprinkle with the zest and the brown sugar.
Bake for 30 minutes.