Lemon Chicken

Recently I have been all about citrus. I cannot get enough of it and I keep finding different ways to use it in my cooking. I grabbed some lemons and made this delicious and simple lemon chicken. It was fresh and flavorful.

Ingredients

4 chicken cutlets
1 14 oz. can of low sodium chicken broth
2 lemons
2 tbsp olive oil
flour for dredging
4 cloves of roasted garlic, smashed into a paste (you can substitute fresh garlic, half the amount)
salt
pepper

Directions

Heat the oil in a large skillet set to medium heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour until lightly coated. Saute chicken in hot oil until just cooked through (5-7 minutes for the first side; 3-5 for the other side). Remove from pan and place on a paper towel or tray for any excess oil to drain. Heat garlic in pan for 3 minutes. Add the juice from both lemons to the pans along with chicken broth. Let sauce reduce by half. While sauce is reducing, slice lemons. Once sauce is reduce add the chicken back to the pan along with the lemon slices. Cook until just warmed.

Serve hot with sauce and lemons as garnish.

Citrus Sangria

We hosted a Twilight viewing party at our house a few weeks ago. Long story short, this is the only way my husband and some of our guy friends will watch the movie. I decided it would only be appropriate to have vampire themed food. The sangria filled the blood requirement and it was so good! If blood actually tasted like this sangria I'd be a vampire in a heartbeat.



Ingredients

2 bottles of red wine (I used Yellow Tail Merlot)
2 limes, sliced
2 lemons, sliced
2 oranges, sliced
1/2 cup of simple syrup
ice

Directions
Mix all the ingredients together in a large pitcher and chill for at least 4 hours or overnight. Garnish each glass of sangria with fruit from the pitcher.