Lemon Herb Roast Chicken Like Cheesecake Factory Rockin Robin Cooks

This lemon herb roasted chicken is fashioned after Cheesecake Factor's dish. It's served with carrots over a bed of rice. Delicious, check it out.
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I recently went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and had their lemon herbed roasted chicken and it was fantastic.

So I decided I would give it a shot and try to duplicate this recipe at home. This is what I came up with and I think it's delicious and want to share it with all of you.

Let me know what you think.

Lemon herbed roast chicken

Ingredients:

4 chicken thighs, bone in, skin on
1 yellow onion, finely diced
1 Tbsp. parsley, fresh, chopped
3 large leaves of basil, chiffonade
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. rosemary, fresh, chopped
1 TBsp. apple cider vinegar
1 whole lemon plus 1 tsp. lemon juice
1 cup chicken broth
2 TBSP. good balsamic vinegar, it's sweet and thick
1/4 tsp. dried Thyme or 1 tsp. of fresh, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
salt
olive oil
coconut oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Marinate chicken, 1 tsp. olive oil, 1 whole lemon, juiced, and 1/2 tsp salt for 1 hour to over night.

Heat a large stainless steel fry pan over medium high heat. Add 1 Tbsp. coconut oil. When it shimmers add the chicken, skin side down. Brown for 1 to 2 minutes. Don't move the chicken around.

Turn chicken over and brown for two minutes more. Then place the chicken into a baking/roasting dish, skin side up.

If needed, add 1 to 2 tsp. olive oil to the frying pan and add the onion. After 3 minutes add the chopped carrot and saute for a total of 15 minutes.

Lower the temperature to medium low and add the minced garlic. Saute for 1 minute more.

Add the chicken broth, apple cider vinegar, all the herbs, 3/4 tsp. salt, and the lemon juice from the chicken marinade plus 1 tsp. more to the frying pan. Bring to a simmer for 5 minutes.

Pour the sauce over the chicken and place in the oven for 35 minutes.

Add the balsamic vinegar to the chicken. Stir the vinegar in as best you can and baste the chicken with the sauce. Roast for an additional 10 minutes. Test for doneness. Internal temperature should be at least 165 degrees F.

Serve over a bed of rice as I did in the video or with mashed potatoes which I actually think are better with the chicken.

Enjoy with a nice dinner salad!

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Rockin Robin
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