I enjoy using lemons in recipes, so one evening I came up with this quick and simple one. For a less lemony flavor, cut down on the lemon juice. I use tenderloins since they cook faster. If you have the time to let it marinade, it is much better. The leftover liquid tastes fantastic with rice or as a dip for buns or Texas Toast.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ⅓ cup Italian salad dressing
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 8 chicken tenderloins
- lemon pepper to taste
- garlic salt to taste
- onion powder to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the butter in a 9×9 inch baking dish, and melt in the oven. Remove from heat, and mix in Italian salad dressing, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce.
- Arrange the chicken tenderloins in the baking dish, coating with the melted butter mixture. Season both sides of chicken with lemon pepper, garlic salt, and onion powder. Sprinkle with lemon zest.
- Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until chicken juices run clear.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 214 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 70 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 582 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
quick and easy.
Added dill and this recipe is so good. Saving for rotation. Had Brussels sprouts and mushrooms
delicious
This recipe was even better than I anticipated. I made a double-batch and made white rice to go with it, using the extra sauce to pour over the rice. I would however, suggest marinating it overnight. Also I used chicken thighs instead of tenderloins.
Tasted great with rice!
Loved it, easy and I quick and tasty
No changes, except did not add lemon zest. Thought lemon pepper was enough, & it was! Seasonings were wonderful, served with brown rice & sauce, sautéed zucchini with Parmesan. Tasty!!
Very good – I marinated the chicken in the butter/italian dressing mixture for about half an hour before baking.
I used twice as much butter and on a base of Jasmine rice. Superb! My 13-year-old who dislikes chicken cutlets was “Mmmm’ing. Will definitely make this again!
I really loved this recipe.. It is nice and Lemony.. which I love!! I always seem to add a tad more lemon then it says.
Followed your directions too the T and my husband loved it thanks
Easy and fast, I left out the garlic because my husband hates garlic but he liked the lemon chicken.
I make this a lot, everyone loves it even my 6 yo dtr. my only variation is that I use whatever oil-based dressing I have on hand, which is rarely a basic Italian. tonight I used Greek lemon-basil vinaigrette and it was great! also like to use ken’s northern Romano Italian dressing
This is so simple and so delicious! So much flavor, the chicken tenderloins were very tender and cooked to perfection in about 25-30 mins. I didn’t have quite the amount of lemon the recipe called for but was still awesome! I had extra sauce which was great over penne pasta. I will be making this again and again, even planning to use it for the next big party at our house !!!!!
If you love lemon and chicken then your going to enjoy the flavor. Following the recipe it’s simple and quick, and my wife loved it. I went ahead and bought the Lemon Peal seasoning instead of zesting the lemon I juiced.
I used too much lemon pepper.
Loved it, but much better with canned artichokes and capers added!!
We loved this recipe. We only used 4 chicken tenderloins so there was plenty of sauce to drizzle over the rice we had with it. The sauce was delicious and really made the dish.
This was delicious with a couple of my changes. I used about 8-9 chicken tenderloins and I used 4 Tsp butter, added a couple of cloves fresh minced garlic to the melted butter sauce. I sprinkled some dried parsley on top before putting in oven. Will make again, my family enjoyed it!
This is a keeper for me and my family. So easy to make and it’s delicious. I made no changes other than doubling the recipe.
Love it. It’s easy and quick. Plus my kids are eating it.