Baked Lemon Chicken Thighs with Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons rosemary garlic seasoning
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 8 chicken thighs
• Water, or as needed to cover
• 2 lemons, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup light butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cups sliced mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 pinch garlic powder
• 1 pinch onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried lemon peel
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups chicken stock

Directions

Stir 1/4 cup lemon juice, salt, rosemary garlic seasoning, and oregano in a large bowl. Add chicken and enough water to cover; stir well. Cover and refrigerate chicken 4 hours to overnight. Drain and discard lemon juice brine.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a large baking dish with aluminum foil.

Spread half the lemon slice in the baking dish. Arrange chicken thighs over lemon slices; top chicken thighs with remaining lemon slices.

Bake chicken in preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 30 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Melt light butter with olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder, and dried lemon peel in hot butter-oil mixture until mushrooms are browned and soft, 5 to 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine chicken stock and flour in a jar with a tight fitting lid; shake well. Pour mixture into mushrooms.

Increase heat to medium high; simmer mushroom sauce until thickened, about 10 minutes. Serve with chicken.