Baked lemon chicken breasts are a perfect solution for an easy weeknight meal. Made with a handful of simple pantry ingredients, these perfectly cooked oven chicken breasts require minimal prep.
I just know you are going to love this baked lemon chicken! They take minutes to prep and yet are full of flavor.
How To Make Baked Lemon Chicken
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
Prep: Pre heat the oven and put the chicken in an oven safe dish.
Combine: Add the sauce ingredients into a jar, shake well and pour two thirds of the sauce over the breasts. Sprinkle the time in top.
Cook: Bake the chicken in the oven. After 30 minutes turn the breasts over, pour on the rest of the sauce and bake until cooked through.
Serve: Plate the chicken breasts and drizzle over the sauce.
Simple Lemon Chicken Marinade
The glaze for this chicken is so easy and quick to make with pantry staple ingredients. It’s the perfect mix of tangy, sweet and salty. The ingredients for the marinade are:
- Lemon juice
- Water
- Honey
- Dijon Mustard
- Sweet soy sauce
Can this be made ahead of time?
This baked lemon chicken can be prepped up to two days ahead of time and kept covered in the fridge until you are ready to bake it. The cooked chicken will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
What do you serve with this?
These delicious baked lemon chicken breasts are super versatile and are perfect to serve as part of a lunch or dinner. Serve them warm with rice, cauliflower rice or steamed veggies and potatoes. You can also serve them cold on top of a salad and they are great for meal prep lunches.
Recipe Notes and Tips
- Use good quality chicken breasts for this recipe. Use free run / organic if you can.
- You can also make this recipe with bone in chicken thighs, but they will require an addition 10-15 minutes of cooking time.
Cook Chicken Safely
Use an instant read thermometer to check that the chicken is cooked through. It should register at 165F.
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Baked Lemon Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp thyme
- ¼ cup warm water
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 ½ tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp soy sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350F/180C
- Add chicken breast in an oven safe dish
- In a jar add lemon juice, warm water, honey, dijon mustard, sweet soy sauce
- Shake well until sauce mixture is well combined
- Pour ⅔ of sauce mixture over chicken breasts
- Sprinkle thyme
- Bake for 30 minutes at 350F/180C
- Carefully remove from oven
- Turn chicken breasts over, pour the rest of sauce
- Bake for another 10-15 minutes until chicken is golden brown and thoroughly cooked
- Carefully remove from oven, drizzle sauce over it and enjoy!
Notes
- Use good quality chicken breasts for this recipe. Use free run / organic if you can.
- You can also make this recipe with bone in chicken thighs, but they will require an addition 10-15 minutes of cooking time.
- Use an instant read thermometer to check that the chicken is cooked through. It should register at 165F.
Harry Parmley says
I read the recipe a couple of times, but still can’t see where the sauce becomes as thick as the picture indicates. It was tasty, but lacked the color and sauce I was looking for. Maybe I’ll try it with a little/more honey. Not a bust, for sure, though…
Jill Sable says
Tried this recipe the other night. The only ingredient I didn’t have was the sweet soy sauce. I Googled and found a make-your-own – so I did. I also prepared this using frozen breast and thigh (hubby’s preference), so I cooked it for an additional 15 minutes (a little too long – next time I’ll try 10 minutes). Just wanted to say IT WAS FABULOUS – especially loved the sauce. Even Mr. Picky said “This is a keeper.”
Becky Hardin says
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing Jill!