Description
This Lebanese Lemon Garlic Chicken recipe is a flavorful dish inspired by Al Aseel. Tender chicken pieces are marinated in a zesty lemon garlic sauce, grilled to perfection, and served with a creamy yogurt sauce.
Ingredients
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Chicken:
- 500g/ 1lb chicken tenderloin (or breast), cut into 4cm / 1.5″ squares, large vein cut out
Lemon garlic marinade:
- 4 tbsp Greek or plain yogurt
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp garlic, finely grated or crushed
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp cooking salt
Lemon garlic yogurt sauce:
- 1 cup Greek or plain yogurt
- 3/4 tsp garlic, finely grated or crushed
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp tahini or extra 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp+ water
- 1 tsp cooking salt
Cooking & serving:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp parsley, roughly chopped
- Lemon wedges and extra virgin olive oil, for garnish
- Lebanese bread for sauce mopping
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken: Combine chicken with lemon garlic marinade ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Make the yogurt sauce: Mix all yogurt sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Adjust consistency with water as needed.
- Cook the chicken: Heat olive oil in a grill pan. Cook marinated chicken pieces until golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve: Serve the grilled chicken with lemon garlic yogurt sauce, parsley, lemon wedges, and Lebanese bread.
Notes
- You can also skewer the marinated chicken and grill for a different presentation.
- Adjust the level of garlic to suit your taste preferences.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg