Baked chicken with lemon

Spruce up chicken breasts with fresh thyme and lemon – whether or not you use skin-on chicken is up to you. Orange and rosemary also work well as flavourings

Prep:5 mins
Cook:25 mins

Serves 4
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 252
fat 10g
saturates 2g
carbs 1g
sugars 0.2g
fibre 0.3g
protein 39g
salt 0.2g

Ingredients

olive oil
4 chicken breasts, skin on or skin off
1 lemon, ½ finely sliced
2-4 sprigs thyme

Method

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Tip a couple of tbsp olive oil into a small roasting tin. Add the lemon slices and then sit the chicken on top. Rub the top of each chicken breast with a little olive oil and then season well. Squeeze over the juice from the remaining lemon half and put the thyme sprigs between the chicken breasts.
Roast for 20-25 mins until the chicken is cooked through – check by poking a knife into the centre of each breast to make sure the juices run clear. Rest for 5 mins before serving.