Easy Balsamic Roasted Chicken

Balsamic Roasted Chicken

Need something that is easy? Try this Italian dish tonight. ;-)

*Note Prep: It takes 15 minutes to combine your first six ingredients; then just leave the chicken in the marinade for 2 hours. Cooking time is 1 hour. Only about 15 minutes of actual work. ;-)

Ingredients:
1/3C balsamic vinegar ( I use Colavita brand for cooking)
3 Tbls dijon mustard (I use MaiLLe brand)
3 Tbls fresh lemon juice (I used all the juice from one juicy lemon)
3 garlic cloves, smashed and chopped
3 Tbls olive oil (I use Colavita brand for cooking)
Salt and freshly ground blk pepper
4 Lbs chicken, cut into pieces (I used legs and thighs, but any kind is fine)
3/4 C low sodium chicken broth
2 tea lemon zest (good idea to zest your lemon of all it's peel before you get it's juice)
1 1/2 Tbls chopped fresh parsley leaves (I used flat this time, bc my garden was out of curly)

Directions:

1.       Combine first six ingredients into a gallon sized zip-lock bag.

2.       Cut up chicken into pieces if you are using a whole chicken, or if the leg is attached to the thigh, like mine were.

3.       Add chicken to bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to one day.

4.       Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Remove chicken from the bag and dump out the bag, arranging the chicken pieces on a large baking dish that is stove-top usable too.

5.       Roast chicken for one hour; check to see that it is cooked through.

6.       Transfer the chicken pieces w tongs onto the serving platter.

7.       Place the baking pan on a stove top burner. Stir the chicken broth into the pan drippings w a wooden spoon, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom or side of the pan and mixing them w the broth and pan drippings.

8.       Cook down until the mixture reduces in size. I poured the obvious grease off the top before using it as gravy. I use a grease separator too.

9.       Drizzle the gravy over the chicken. Sprinkle the lemon zest and parsley over the chicken.

10.   Serve.

Balsamic Roasted Chicken, Easy and Yum!