Best Garlic Lemon Pepper Rotisserie Chicken Recipes

LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN WITH CREAMY GARLIC-LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 F.
• Mix 3 teaspoons of lemon pepper seasoning with flour. Pat the tops (skin side) of chicken thighs with this seasoning mixture.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil on high-medium heat in a large skillet.
• Add chicken thighs skin side down and cook for about 4 minutes on high-medium heat until browned, uncovered. Sprinkle the other side of chicken with 1 teaspoon more of lemon pepper seasoning.
• Flip the chicken thighs over and cook for 2 minutes on the other side. Remove from heat.
• Line baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place chicken thighs skin side up (crispy side up) on the baking sheet and bake at 375 F for about 15-20 minutes, until the chicken is fully cooked, the juices run clear and the chicken is no longer pink in the center.
• In the mean time, while the chicken is baking, make the sauce. Thoroughly clean and dry the skillet you used for cooking chicken thighs.
• Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1/2 tablespoon butter on medium heat in this cleaned skillet.
• Add minced garlic and cook, constantly stirring, for about 30 seconds.
• Add chicken stock and 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning to the skillet and bring to boil.
• Add heavy cream and bring to boil.
• Add shredded cheese and stir until melted. Reduce heat to simmer and keep stirring until the sauce is smooth. Remove from heat.
• Add 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice and stir in. Top with chopped green onions (chop up only green portion of green onions and don't use white portion). Keep the sauce covered.
• The lemon pepper chicken should be cooked by now. Check it for doneness and if chicken is completely cooked through, add it to the skillet on top of the sauce and on top of green onions.
• Top with chopped parsley and decorate with a few slices of lemon.

GARLIC-LEMON ROTISSERIE CHICKEN WITH MOROCCAN SPICES

Steps:

• Set up the grill for rotisserie cooking and preheat to high.
• Remove any lumps of fat in chicken cavity; wash inside and out, and blot dry. Rub chicken all over with half the cut head of garlic, then with half the cut lemon.
• Mix ingredients for rub together. Sprinkle some rub into chicken and place remaining garlic and lemon halves inside. Truss chicken, brush outside with oil, and rub with remaining spice mix. Thread chicken onto spit and secure with prongs.
• Cook chicken until skin is crisp and a deep golden brown and meat is cooked through, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. When cooked, internal temperature in thigh will be 175 degrees. Transfer chicken to a platter, let rest for 5 minutes and untruss. Carve or cut in half, and serve.
• Yield: 2 servings.

LEMON-PEPPER ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Pulse the butter, lemon zest and juice, garlic, thyme, paprika, 2 teaspoons salt and 1 tablespoon pepper in a food processor until smooth.
• Put the chickens on a rimmed baking sheet. Loosen the skin on the breasts and legs with your fingers. Rub about three-quarters of the lemon-pepper butter under the skin, then rub the rest all over the chickens. Refrigerate, uncovered, 2 hours or up to 8 hours before roasting.
• Tie the chicken legs together with twine and tuck the wings under the body; place breast-side up on a rack in a large roasting pan. Pour the wine into the pan and transfer to the oven; roast until the chickens are golden and crisp and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 170 degrees F, about 1 hour, 50 minutes. (Tent with foil if the skin browns too quickly.)
• Let the chickens rest 10 minutes before portioning (see below). Season with salt.
• Grab one of the legs with tongs and pull it away from the body; cut through the skin with kitchen shears.
• Pull the leg out and back to pop the joint; remove the leg with the shears. Repeat on the other side.
• Separate the drumsticks from the thighs with the shears.
• Cut off the wings as close to the body as possible.
• Insert the shears into the tail end of the chicken and cut along the breastbone.
• Pull back one of the breasts and cut it off the backbone. Repeat on the other side.

LEMON PEPPER, GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• To prepare the garlic into a paste, salt each clove and smash with the side of your knife until it appears pasty.
• Mix cloves of garlic paste with olive oil, rosemary, thyme, parsley, zest of both lemons, pepper and fennel seed.
• Put chicken in the bowl with the mixture and allow it to sit in the mixture while you heat up the grill or skillet.
• Cook chicken until juices run clear.
• Squeeze juice of lemons over the chicken when it is almost done.