Hummus Crusted Chicken
"Adapted from a recipe at gimme some oven. http://bit.ly/Xsz5Ie"
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 zucchini, chopped
- 1 yellow squash, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 cup hummus, homemade or store-bought
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 lemons
- 1 teaspoon ground sumac (use zata'ar if you can find it) or 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (use zata'ar if you can find it)
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Season the chicken breasts with generous pinches of salt and pepper. In a large bowl, toss the zucchini, squash and onion with olive oil until evenly coated. Season with salt and pepper.
- Place all of the vegetables on the bottom of the dish in an even layer. Lay the four chicken breasts evenly on top, then cover each chicken breast with the hummus so that the entire breast is covered. Squeeze the juice of one lemon over the chicken and vegetables. Then sprinkle the pan with zata'ar, ground sumac, or smoked paprika. Thinly slice the remaining lemon, and place the slices in between the chicken and vegetables if desired.
- Bake for about 25-30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender. Serve immediately.
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I made this the other night after seeing it on pinterest. I added some more vegie varieties in the bottom of the tray but otherwise made as directed, the chicken turned out lovely & moist and it was gobbled up by one & all. Thanks for posting!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
