Breaded Lemon-garlic Chicken Breasts

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups dry breadcrumbs (use only dry, fresh will not stick)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley (or to taste) or 1 -2 teaspoon dried parsley (or to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• salt and pepper (can use seasoning salt if desired)
• 1/2 cup butter (melted in the microwave with the garlic)
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (can use more, do not use bottled, i use the juice of 1 whole lemon)
• 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh garlic clove (can use more or less)
• 5 -6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (pounded to about half)
• paprika (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 butter an 11 x 7-inch or a 9-inch baking pan baking dish (if doubling the recipe to make 12 breasts, use a 13 x 9-inch pan.
• 3 in a bowl, combine the dry breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, parsley, salt and pepper.
• 4 in another bowl combine the melted butter/garlic mixture and lemon juice; whisk well to combine (if you run out of butter when dipping the breasts, which has happened to me many times, just melt about another 1/4 cup butter and add in about 1 tablespoon more of lemon juice in the microwave.
• 5 dip chicken in butter mixture, then roll in crumbs (patting down the crumbs into the chicken breasts).
• 6 roll-up chicken jelly-roll style; place seam side down in a greased baking dish drizzle with any remaining butter mixture; sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• 7 place a slice of cheese on top the last 10 minutes of baking if desired.
• 8 bake uncovered for 35-45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked though (baking time will vary depending on how thin you pounded the chicken).