Name: Low Calorie Garlic Lemon Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning; Olive oil spray; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; Zest of 1 lemon; Juice of 1 lemon; 1/4 cup chicken broth

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This Healthy Garlic Lemon Chicken for Weight Loss is just 268 calories with 53.7g of protein!

Plus, you can make this healthy lemony chicken recipe in just 35 minutes, including prep time! I love how quick it is, and easy!

This low calorie lemon chicken baked recipe is easy and impressive. And perfect anytime of the year.

The bright flavors of the lemon juice and zest and the aromatic garlic makes for the best healthy chicken recipes for dinner.

This Healthy Garlic Lemon Chicken Recipe is just 268 calories with 53.7g of protein!

Healthy Garlic Lemon Chicken for Weight Loss

I love this bright lemony chicken recipe. It’s great year-round and goes great with all of my Low Calorie Sides for Chicken!

What You’ll Find in this Article:

Ingredients in Low Calorie Garlic Lemon Chicken (shopping list!)
How to Make Low Calorie Lemon Chicken
Healthy Garlic Lemon Chicken for Weight Loss (recipe card!)
Nutrition and Calories in Healthy Garlic Lemon Chicken

Ingredients in Low Calorie Garlic Lemon Chicken

This lemon chicken sauce is packed with flavor, and without a ton of ingredients.

In fact, you might already have all the ingredients to make this marinade for lemon chicken!

Shopping List for Weight Loss Lemon Chicken:

Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt and pepper
Italian seasoning
Olive oil spray
Garlic
Lemon
Chicken broth

How to Make Low Calorie Lemon Chicken

You don’t need to douse your chicken in butter and oil. Not when you use ingredients that add moisture like lemon juice and chicken broth.

I cut 100’s off calories from the original lemony chicken breast recipes by removing the butter, and instead browning the chicken breasts in olive oil spray.

You can use this tip in all your healthy chicken recipes. Not just when baking lemon chicken recipes.

How to Make Low Calorie Lemon Chicken:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Season the chicken breasts all over with salt, pepper and the Italian seasoning.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet (an oven safe skillet is ideal) over medium high heat and spray with olive oil.
Add the chicken breasts cut side up, and cook for 3-5 minutes until browned. Flip and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until browned.
Transfer the chicken to a baking dish, unless you are using an oven safe skillet, in that case skip this step.
In a small bowl, mix together the garlic, lemon zest and juice, and chicken broth. Pour the garlic mixture over the chicken.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
To serve, add the chicken to a plate (or individual plates) and spoon over the sauce from the bottom of the pan.

Healthy Garlic Lemon Chicken for Weight Loss Recipe

This healthy lemon chicken recipe is easy and delicious. I cut 100’s of calories with the help of chicken broth and lemon juice. And omitted most of the oil, and all of the butter.

This helps you save calories, unhealthy fats, and best of all, it saves you money!

More Low Calorie Chicken Recipes:

Low Calorie Garlic Lemon Chicken

Lose Weight By Eating

These lemony chicken breasts are just 268 calories with 53.7g of protein!

You only need a handful of ingredients (many you already have) and you'll only need 1 lemon as you use the zest and juice of just one.

Special Tip: I like to use a cast iron skillet to both brown and bake the chicken breasts as it makes less cleanup. But you can easily brown them in a pan and then move them to a baking dish.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Course dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 268 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Season the chicken breasts all over with salt, pepper and the Italian seasoning.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet (an oven safe skillet is ideal) over medium high heat and spray with olive oil.
Add the chicken breasts cut side up, and cook for 3-5 minutes until browned. Flip and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until browned.
Transfer the chicken to a baking dish, unless you are using an oven safe skillet, in that case skip this step.
In a small bowl, mix together the garlic, lemon zest and juice, and chicken broth. Pour the garlic mixture over the chicken.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
To serve, add the chicken to a plate (or individual plates) and spoon over the sauce from the bottom of the pan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1breastCalories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 3.6gProtein: 53.7gFat: 4.3gSaturated Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 133mgSodium: 540mgPotassium: 74mgFiber: 0.9gSugar: 1gCalcium: 12mgIron: 2mg

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Nutrition and Calories in Lemon Chicken

The nutrition and calories are based off 1 chicken breast (about 1/2 lb) form the recipe for lemon chicken breast above.

Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is my goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.