Oregano Garlic Chicken Breasts Food

BAKED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH GARLIC AND OREGANO

Steps:

• Trim off any excess fat from the chicken.
• Season the breast generously on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon oregano over each piece and rub with the crushed garlic.
• Squeeze the lemon juice over the chicken and coat lightly with the olive oil.
• Pour the wine into a 12-inch baking dish.
• Place the chicken breast in the wine, skin side down, and marinate at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375°.
• Set the baking dish in the oven and bake the chicken 30 minutes.
• Turn skin side up and bake, basting with the pan juices every 10 minutes, for 25 to 35 minutes longer, until the skin is lightly browned and the chicken is cooked through but still juicy.
• Serve with any remaining pan juices spooned over the chicken.

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH ROASTED GARLIC-OREGANO VINAIGRETTE AND GRILLED FINGERLING POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine garlic, vinegar, oregano, parsley, honey and salt in a blender and blend until smooth. With the motor running, slowly add the oil and process until emulsified. Stir in the red chile flakes.
• Place potatoes in a medium saucepan, cover with cold water and add 1 tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until a paring knife inserted comes out with some resistance. Do not cook the potatoes all the way through because they will continue cooking on the grill. Drain well and when cool enough to handle, slice in half lengthwise.
• Heat the grill to medium.
• Brush the chicken and potatoes with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the chicken on the grill, skin-side down and grill until golden brown and slightly charred, 6 to 7 minutes. Turn the chicken over and continue grilling until just cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes. A few minutes before the chicken has finished cooking, place the potatoes on the grill, cut-side down and cook until lightly golden brown, about 2 minutes. Turn over and continue grilling about a minute longer. Remove the chicken and potatoes to a platter and immediately drizzle with the roasted garlic-oregano vinaigrette. Let rest 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with oregano sprigs and parsley sprigs.

LEMON CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Warm the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add the garlic, and cook for just 1 minute but don't allow the garlic to turn brown. Off the heat, add the white wine, lemon zest, lemon juice, oregano, thyme, and 1 teaspoon salt and pour into a 9 by 12-inch baking dish.
• Pat the chicken breasts dry and place them skin side up over the sauce. Brush the chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle them liberally with salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in 8 wedges and tuck it among the pieces of chicken.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken breasts, until the chicken is done and the skin is lightly browned. If the chicken isn't browned enough, put it under the broiler for 2 minutes. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and serve hot with the pan juices.

PANFIRED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH OREGANO GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Mince garlic and mash to a paste with salt using a large heavy knife.
• Mash together butter, oregano, red pepper flakes, and garlic paste with a fork until well blended.
• Pat chicken dry.
• Cut a 2-inch-long pocket horizontally in side of each chicken breast half and fill each pocket with 2 teaspoons oregano garlic butter.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook chicken, skin sides down, uncovered, until well browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Turn chicken over and cover skillet, then cook until chicken is just cooked through about 10 minutes more.
• Spread remaining oregano garlic butter over skin of chicken.

OREGANO GARLIC CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• In a shallow 11x7-inch baking dish, combine the lemon juice, garlic, ¼ teaspoon of the oregano and the pepper.
• Add the chicken, turn to coat well with the seasonings and set aside to marinate for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop the chives.
• Cut the onion into thin wedges.
• Place the cornstarch on a plate or in a shallow bowl.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade.
• Dredge the chicken lightly in the cornstarch reserving the excess cornstarch.
• In a large skillet, warm the butter in the oil over medium-high heat until the butter is melted.
• Place the chicken in the skillet and cook for 8 minutes on each side.
• Remove the chicken to a plate and cover loosely to keep warm.
• Add the onion to the skillet and stir-fry until it begins to soften, 1-2 minutes.
• In a small bowl, blend the chicken broth with the reserved cornstarch.
• Add the broth mixture, reserved marinade, remaining 1 ¼ teaspoon oregano, 2 tablespoons of the chives, the lemon zest, and the sugar to the skillet, and bring to a boil.
• Return the chicken to the skillet and cook for 5-10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
• Serve the chicken topped with the onion and sauce and sprinkled with the remaining 2 tablespoons chives.

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH LEMON, GARLIC, AND OREGANO

Steps:

• Whisk together lemon juice, oregano, garlic, 1/2 tablespoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl and add oil in a slow stream, whisking.
• Discard excess fat from chicken and season with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper.
• To cook chicken using a charcoal grill:
• Open vents on bottom of grill and on lid. Light a large chimney starter of charcoal briquettes (80 to 100) and pour them evenly over 1 side of bottom rack (you will have a double or triple layer of briquettes).
• When charcoal turns grayish white (15 to 20 minutes) and you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds, sear chicken legs in 3 batches on lightly oiled grill rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes total, then transfer as cooked to a tray.
• Put all browned legs on side of grill with no coals underneath and cook, covered with lid, turning occasionally, until just cooked through (flesh will no longer be pink when cut near joint), 15 to 25 minutes more. Transfer legs to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to a serving platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, while cooking breasts.
• Add 15 briquettes evenly to coals and wait until they just light, about 5 minutes. (They will not be grayish white yet but will give off enough heat with other briquettes to maintain correct cooking temperature.)
• Sear chicken breasts, starting with skin sides down, in 2 batches on rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes total, then transfer as cooked to tray.
• Put all browned chicken breasts on side of grill with no coals underneath and cook, covered with lid, turning occasionally, until just cooked through (the meat next to the tender, when opened slightly, will be moist but no longer pink), 12 to 15 minutes more. Transfer breasts to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to platter with legs.
• Grill lemon slices on rack over coals, uncovered, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side, and transfer to platter with chicken.
• To cook chicken using a gas grill:
• Preheat all burners on high, then adjust heat to moderately high. Turn off 1 burner and arrange chicken legs on lightly oiled rack above it. Cook, covered with lid, turning legs once, until cooked through, about 40 minutes total. Transfer legs to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to a serving platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, while cooking breasts.
• Cook chicken breasts on rack above unlit burner, covered with lid, turning once, until just cooked through (the meat next to the tender, when opened slightly, will be moist but no longer pink), about 30 minutes total. Transfer breasts to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to platter with legs.
• Grill lemon slices on rack over flames, uncovered, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side, and transfer to platter with chicken.

ROASTED GARLIC AND OREGANO CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450°.
• Spray a baking pan or jelly roll pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Wash the chicken breasts and pat dry.
• Combine the olive oil, oregano, mashed minced garlic, salt, and cayenne and black peppers. Stir to make a paste; spread some under the skin of the chicken and the rest over the skin.
• Arrange on the baking sheet, skin side up. Roast for 35 minutes, or until they register about 165° in the thickest part of the meat without touching bone.

GARLIC AND OREGANO STOVE TOP CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine butter, garlic, salt, oregano and cayenne pepper.
• Cut a 2-inch long pocket horizontally in chicken breasts, cutting deeply but not all the way through.
• Put a tablespoon of the butter mixture into each pocket, being sure to get it all the way down in there.
• In a large skillet, heat olive oil.
• Cook chicken, skin side down, uncovered,until well-browned, about 10 minutes.
• Turn chicken and cover skillet, then cook until chicken is cooked through, another 10 to 15 minutes.
• Uncover, spread the remaining garlic-oregano butter on the chicken and turn chicken once more skin-side down.
• Cover and brown for another 5 to 10 minutes.

OREGANO-LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Place chicken breast halves into prepared baking dish. Whisk lemon juice, honey, olive oil, garlic, and oregano together in a bowl and pour the mixture over chicken breasts.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink inside, the juices run clear, and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast reads 180 degrees F (80 degrees C), about 45 minutes. Baste chicken with pan juices every 15 minutes while baking.

GARLIC-ROASTED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice tops from garlic heads, reserving the bottoms; arrange tops, cut sides down, in the center of an 11-by-17-inch roasting pan. Place 1 sprig of oregano over each garlic top, and arrange chicken breasts over garlic.
• Place reserved garlic bottoms, cut sides up, next to chicken in the pan. Drizzle chicken and garlic bottoms with the olive oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper; place remaining 4 sprigs of oregano on top.
• Roast chicken for 30 minutes; turn garlic bottoms cut sides down, and rotate the pan. Continue roasting chicken until skin is browned, juices run clear, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of the meat registers 165 degrees, about 30 minutes more.
• Pour pan juices into a measuring cup; skim fat from the top. Serve juices with chicken and roasted garlic.

OREGANO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine the melted butter or margarine, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, oregano and garlic powder. Mix well.
• Place chicken in an ungreased 7x11 inch baking dish. Pour the butter/oregano mixture over the chicken. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Baste juices over the chicken. Bake for an additional 15 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and serve the pan drippings over hot cooked rice, if desired.

PANFRIED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH OREGANO GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Mince garlic and mash to a paste with salt using a large heavy knife.
• Mash together butter, oregano, red pepper flakes, and garlic paste with a fork until well blended.
• Pat chicken dry. Cut a 2-inch-long pocket horizontally in side of each chicken breast half and fill each pocket with 2 teaspoons oregano garlic butter. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook chicken, skin sides down, uncovered, until well browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn chicken over and cover skillet, then cook until chicken is just cooked through, about 10 minutes more. Spread remaining oregano garlic butter over skin of chicken.