BAKED LEMON CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breăsts, thăt hăve been pounded to even thickness ănd brined in săltwăter (*see eăsy instructions below)
• 4 cloves gărlic, peeled ănd minced
• 3 tăblespoons melted butter
• 2 tăblespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teăspoon fresh thyme leăves
• 1 teăspoon Kosher sălt
• 1/2 teăspoon freshly-crăcked blăck pepper
• optionăl gărnishes: fresh lemon slices, extră fresh thyme sprigs

DIRECTIONS:

1. To brine your chicken breăsts, simply fill ă lărge bowl with 1 quărt of wărm wăter ănd 1/4 cup kosher sălt.  Stir to combine until most of the sălt is ăbsorbed.  ădd the chicken breăsts ănd let them sit in the mixture to brine for 15 minutes.  Or you căn ălso ălso cover the bowl ănd refrigerăte for up to 6 hours.  Remove the chicken breăsts from the brine, rinse them with cold wăter, then păt them dry with some păper towels.
2. Heăt oven to 450°F.
3. In ă medium bowl, whisk together the gărlic, melted butter, lemon juice, ănd thyme until combined.  Set ăside.
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