Healthy Lemon Chicken (Gluten Free & Paleo)

Healthy Lemon Chicken

Mouth-watering Healthy Lemon Chicken made with honey and fresh lemons drizzled over chicken and then roasted till perfect. It’s the simplest, but tastiest weeknight dinner. 

This easy honey lemon chicken dinner is an effortless dinner to make when you’re feeling tired. You don’t even need to peel the onions or garlic. It’s that simple and rustic. 

Honey lemon chicken is sure to become your go-to weeknight dinner for the family. Plus it’s budget-friendly!

When you start your gluten free journey you usually find a resource that helps you through it and for me, that was when a friend referred me to Elana’s Pantry. 

It’s tough when you have to give every meal and snack a grain-free makeover. 

I had no idea making muffins and bread was going to be a possibility again. 

It’s that hope that helps you get through those first 6 months. I’m really thankful I was referred to Elana’s site.

One of the first recipes I made I documented in an early blog post for Elana’s Paleo Bread. 

At the time I thought almond flour and almond meal were the same things (*shakes face*). 

There’s a HUGE learning curve to grain-free baking. I’m really appreciative of Elana’s site offering so many free recipes to help you learn.

Elana’s newest book titled, Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry, focuses on meals, snacks, and desserts for the paleo lifestyle. 

The book is a little different than other Paleo books because it eliminates nightshades and includes many nut-free baked goods recipes. 

Elana’s well known for being a baker and this book includes recipes for grain-free bagels, muffins, crepes, pancakes, crackers, tortillas, and 5 recipes for bread. 

That’s just the starting; it also includes many Asian-inspired dinners and desserts like ice cream.

I actually made two recipes from the book. 

I served apricot muffins (page 20, click here to purchase the book for the recipe) to my family for dessert. 

They loved them.  The recipe is very easy to make. 

Most of her baked recipes require you to put the ingredients into a food processor and press the pulse button and scoop them into a baking dish and ta-da you’re done!

The other recipe I made was healthy honey lemon chicken (page 65). I used a quarter of a chicken and roughly a third of the ingredients. 

The chicken is cooked in the same amount of time as the recipe below for the whole chicken. 

I was surprised I loved the roasted lemony onions. I couldn’t get enough of them and I’ve been adding onions and more lemon to my roasted chicken dishes ever since. 

Paleo Honey Lemon Chicken is one of those recipes you can throw together in a snap and look like you spent hours making dinner. 

Purchase Elana’s newest book today by clicking here.

Try out my other Paleo takeout-inspired recipes

• Almond Flour Pizza Crust
• Low Carb Coconut Battered Shrimp
• Paleo Beef Bulgogi
• Maple Sriracha Wings
• Dairy Free Butter Chicken
• Keto Sushi

Tools for needed

For this recipe you will need:

• Parchment paper 
• Roasting pan
• Meat thermometer, instant-read thermometer, or try using this thermometer that you set with your goal temperature and it beeps when the meat has reached it so you don’t have to keep checking it. 
• Measuring spoons and cups 
• 1 large knife 
• Cutting board 
• Airtight storage container for leftovers

Healthy Lemon Chicken Ingredients

How to Make Healthy Lemon Chicken

Notes

Reprinted with permission from Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, High-Protein Recipes by Elana Amsterdam (Ten Speed Press, 2013).

More Easy Gluten Free Dinner Recipes

• Paleo Meatloaf
• Paleo Shepherd’s Pie
• Instant Pot Turkey Chili
• Chorizo Pulled Pork
• Keto Cabbage Rolls
• Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs

If you love snacks, here are more Paleo desserts and Paleo snacks! Make sure to check out my huge collection of gluten free dinner recipes.

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Healthy Lemon Chicken Recipe

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