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Lebanese Chicken (Frarej)

Make Lebanese Chicken (Frarej) at home with Salt and Olive Oil. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 2 tsp
• 3/4 cup
• 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.

2. 2

   Rinse in cold water 4 chicken breasts, with skins and ribs

3. 3

   Rub each with 1/2 tsp salt

4. 4

   Mix juice of 3 large lemons 3/4 cup olive oil

5. 5

   Place into a 9x13 baking dish 2 large potatoes, skinned, cut into 1/2 cubes 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 large white onion, sliced into half-circles the lemon/olive-oil mixture

6. 6

   Stir the ingredients to coat the potatoes. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

7. 7

   Add the chicken breasts and 4 roma tomatoes (or as many as desired) to the backing dish.

8. 8

   Generously spoon the hot lemon/oil/garlic mixture over the chicken.

9. 9

   Put the dish back into the oven and cook uncovered for another 20 minutes, or until the skins on the chicken turn a very dark brown and the chicken is firm and does not ooze when poked with a fork.

10. 10

    Serve with pita bread. Serve each breast with a helping of potatoes, some onions, and a tomato.