Baked Citrus Chicken With Basil Cream Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large lemons
• 4 bone in chicken breasts
• 1 bunch fresh basil
• 1/2 cup heavy cream (whipping cream)
• 3 tablespoons honey mustard
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 cut 4 very thin slices of 1 lemon.
• 3 from remaining part of lemon squeeze 3 tbsp of juice into a bowl.
• 4 slice other lemon into 8 wedges.
• 5 using your fingers loosen skin from breast but leave attached.
• 6 carefully slip 1 lemon slice & 1 basil leaf under skin.
• 7 season chicken with salt & pepper and place in a baking dish. (treated with cooking spray).
• 8 bake uncovered for about 20 minutes or until skin starts to turn golden.
• 9 meanwhile, whisk cream, honey mustard, 3 tbsp of lemon juice and garlic together.
• 10 after 20 minutes pour over chicken.
• 11 scatter lemon wedges around chicken.
• 12 bake 20 more minutes basting occaisionally.
• 13 meanwhile, finely chop rest of basil.
• 14 when chicken comes out of oven transfer meat to serving platter and stir basil, salt & pepper into sauce.
• 15 spoon sauce over chicken.