Lemon Basil Chicken (Or Shrimp)

Name: Lemon Basil Chicken (Or Shrimp)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lemon, juice of; 2 tablespoons lemon peel (peel from 1 lemon); 1/3 cup olive oil; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves (or 1 Tbsp. dried basil); 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (two whole breasts)

Submitted by Muse7073

"Chicken breasts (or shrimp) marinated in a lemon & basil sauce. Low fat, easy to make on either the outdoor grill, indoor grill, or broiler. If you chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces, this also makes a nice stir fry. Note that the "cooking time" listed includes 60 minutes of marinating time. Note that the nutritional info calculated for this recipe isn't quite accurate, as a vast majority of the marinade is discarded!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 35mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 lemon, juice of
2 tablespoons lemon peel (peel from 1 lemon)
¹⁄₃ cup olive oil
¹⁄₈ teaspoon ground black pepper
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves (or 1 Tbsp. dried basil)
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (two whole breasts)

directions

Grate the lemon peel off of the lemon, and add it to a plastic gallon size sealing bag.
Juice the lemon, and add the juice to the bag.
Add the Olive oil, pepper, salt, white wine vinegar to the bag and mix all of the ingredients thoroughly.
Add the chicken (or shrimp) to the bag, mix it thoroughly, and let marinate for at least one hour, or as long as overnight.
Cook on a grill, under a broiler, or (if the chicken is cut up) in a stirfry. Grill time is about 4-5 minutes per side for chicken.
I like to serve this with rice and a salad with a creamy dressing.