Keto baked chicken in lemon juice (Greek style)

Delicious oven-baked chicken in lemon juice with garlic, oregano, thyme and rosemary. This recipe is a keto alternative of the Greek recipe chicken "lemonato" and it is simply amazing! All you need is a baking pan and 5 minutes preparation time. Then, just wait to take it out of the oven...

Keto baked chicken in lemon juice (Greek style)
PREP
5 min
COOK
60 min
SERVINGS
2

Nutrition facts

Energy: 728 kcal
Protein: 36.7 gr
Fat: 62.7 gr
Net carbs: 3.0 gr

Ingredients

4 chicken drumstick(s), with skin (444 gr)

1 clove(s) of garlic (3 gr)

4 tbsp(s) olive oil (54 gr)

1 lemon(s) juiced (48 gr)

0.5 cup(s) water (120 gr)

Seasoning

1 tsp(s) dried ground oregano (2 gr)

1 tsp(s) dried ground thyme (1 gr)

1 tsp(s) dried rosemary (1 gr)

salt (to taste)

ground black pepper (to taste)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F
  2. Place the chicken drumsticks in a baking dish or baking pan, skin-down
  3. Peel and chop the garlic and add it in the baking dish too
  4. Pour the olive oil, lemon juice & water or broth
  5. Season with oregano, thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper and stir
  6. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake for 35 minutes
  7. Carefully take the pan out of the oven and slowly (as steam will be released) remove the aluminum foil
  8. Flip the chicken drumsticks (skin-up) and bake for 25 more minutes (without the aluminum foil), until they get golden
    • Make sure that there is a bit of water / broth remaining in the pan, otherwise add some more liquid, before putting back in the oven

Notes

✔ Serving size: 2 chicken drumsticks

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