Baked Lemon-Garlic Chicken with Bell Peppers

Baked Lemon-Garlic Chicken with Bell Peppers

Sauce:
3/4 C. fresh lemon juice (about 6 lemons)
3/4 C. fat-free Italian dressing
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
3 garlic cloves, minced

Chicken:
2 C. (1/4-inch) red bell pepper strips
1 C. (1/4-inch) green bell pepper strips
1 C. (1/4-inch) yellow bell pepper strips
3 chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 lb.)
3 chicken leg quarters (about 1 1/2 lb.)
12 (1/8-inch-thick) slices lemon (about 1 lemon)
Cooking spray

To prepare the sauce, combine the first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Cover and chill 1/2 C. sauce. To prepare the chicken, combine remaining 1 C. sauce, bell peppers, and chicken in a large bowl, and toss to coat. Cover chicken mixture, and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 400°. Remove chicken from bowl, and discard the sauce. Loosen the skin from the breast halves and leg quarters by inserting fingers, gently pushing between the skin and meat. Insert 2 lemon slices under loosened skin of each chicken piece. Place the chicken pieces, loosened skin sides up, on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Spread the bell peppers on broiler pan around chicken. Bake at 400° for 50 minutes or until the chicken is done. Remove the skin from the chicken. Arrange chicken and bell peppers on a platter, and keep warm. Place 1/2 C. chilled sauce in a small saucepan, and cook over medium heat 3 minutes or until warm. Pour warm sauce over the baked chicken and bell peppers.

Yield: 6 servings
Calories: 216
Fat: 6.7g
Fiber: 1.7g

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