Oven Roasted Pimento Chicken

OVEN ROASTED PIMENTO CHICKEN is packed with flavor, totally easy, and completely foolproof! Never dry, always tender!

When my parents bought a house in Seaside, Florida (which is decidedly more gulf shores than Orlando, vibe-wise), we never really had an appreciation for southern food.

Sure- I liked it fine, but I didn’t really know a lot of southern cult classics, especially the glory that is pimento cheese. 

Ever since mastering my favorite pimento cheese recipe, I started to have a lot of jars of pimentos on hand – but since we’ve been trying to eat mostly low-carb and gluten/grain free at home lately, I havent been making gooey-cheesey dips.

I recently was out of a lot of food recently, but had pimentos on hand, and decided to make a delicious sauce with them (in the spirit of Roasted Portuguese chicken) for some chicken breasts I had.

We were craving something full of flavor and fresh, and this Oven Roasted Pimento Chicken is perfect!

This chicken is great on it’s own- but also with rice, over a salad, in wraps, or sandwiches – it is really super versatile and full of flavor.

I made a huge batch the first night and we loved eating it all week as leftovers – and have made the recipe again and again because it’s so easy, delicious, and foolproof especially on a busy night!

Oven Roasted Pimento Chicken

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Yield: 4

Oven Roasted Pimento Chicken

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

OVEN ROASTED PIMENTO CHICKEN is packed with flavor, totally easy, and completely foolproof! Never dry, always tender!

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Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken , 4 chicken breasts
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 jar pimento peppers, diced
• 2 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp oregano
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• lime juice, to garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees,
2. Generously salt and pepper chicken breasts.
3. Lay chicken on wire rack over a baking sheet.
4. In a small blender or food processor, add pimentos (with juice from the jar), garlic, oregano, lemon juice, and olive oil.
5. Blend until a paste forms.
6. Smother both sides of chicken in pimento paste.
7. Bake 25 minutes, until chicken reaches internal temperature of 165 degrees (time might fluctuate depending on your oven and the size of your chicken breasts.)
8. Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes.
9. Drizzle with fresh lime juice and serve!

Nutrition Information

Amount Per Serving Calories 570Saturated Fat 10gCholesterol 170mgSodium 162mgCarbohydrates 4gProtein 43g

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