Cooking for the Super Lazy: Fancy AF Edition

In today's installment of 'Cooking for the Super Lazy,' I present my recipe for lemon chicken.
(Adapted from this recipe here by The Slow Roasted Italian)

You will need:

• Two chicken breast fillets (one for leftovers)
• 3-4 Lemons
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Salt and Pepper
• Garlic powder (or if you're a non-lazy heathen, fresh garlic)
• Olive oil
• Cheap pinot grigio (That's what makes the recipe 'fancy')

So let's get started!

Step 1

Line a glass baking dish with an oven bag (unless you want to spend the rest of your evening cleaning up afterwards), and add slices of freshly cut lemons along the bottom. Glass is recommended, because acids (such as lemon juice) tend to corrode metals like aluminum.

Step 2

Add a generous layer of rosemary and thyme. I recommend adding them on top of the lemon slices, as the vapor will better carry the flavor of the herbs during the baking process.

Step 3

Season both sides of your chicken boobs breasts with salt, pepper, and copious amounts of garlic powder. Place them in the dish on top of the layer of lemon slices. Add additional herbs on top of the chicken. For those of you who are like me and have a strong fear of working with poultry and catching some terrible food poisoning plague, this is the only time you will have to touch the raw chicken. Obsessively sanitize your hands afterwards, just to be safe.

Step 4

Top with a final layer of lemon slices and douse with a generous amount of olive oil and pinot grigio wine. Close the dish and place it in the fridge for at least an hour to marinate. If you're impatient, you can do steps 1-4 in the morning or prior to bed and cook the chicken the following evening for dinner.

Step 5

When you're ready to cook, preheat the oven to 450F, and collect ingredients for the accompanying rice.

You will need:

• Rice of your choice (I use brown rice here)
• Olive oil
• Garlic powder

Step 6

Bake the chicken for 45 minutes. Meanwhile,  add rice:water to a cooker in a 1:2 ratio (the ratio may vary depending on type of rice). Add garlic powder and a splash of oil, and cook the rice.

Serve

Serve chicken with rice on the side. Add a couple of the lemon slices on top and pour yourself a glass of that pinot grigio to simulate fanciness. If prepared right, the chicken should be super juicy and flavorful. Enjoy!