California-Style Chicken

“This was just excellent!! I cut the recipe in half for the two of us and it turned out great!!The garlic was especially good and the combination of tastes were mouth watering. Served it with boiled parsely and chives potatoes and a green salad. Excellent dinner Mysterygirl!!”

“This was excellent! Since there are only 2 of us, I used boneless skinless breasts for the chicken, and added 1/4 of a cup of chicken broth to the wine and lemon mixture. (The boneless breasts don’t provide much “juice”.) The only thing I would do differently next time is to increase the amount of sauce fixin’s. I made macaroni and cheese and baked crumb-topped tomatoes to go with this, but we could have made a meal out of the crusty bread and this chicken recipe! Next time I won’t work so hard… :o) Thanks for a great recipe, Mysterygirl, this will get used often!”

“Excellent, Mysterygirl!!So tender & delicious – I will definitely make this again.Even fussy DH loved it!Thanks!!!”

“Fabulous, easy recipe! The house smelled wonderful and we loved it even more when we ate it. Didn’t have heads of fresh garlic, so I used minced garlic (in water) – worked well, but next time I will use fresh garlic. Good bread for sopping up garlic/sauce is a must. Served it w/Garlic Mashed potatoes (from a box) and a fresh spinach salad. Yum!”

“Made this last night for my DH and he loved it! Definitely need the bread for the juices. I used 3 boned and skinned chicken breasts and it was tender and moist and delicious! Thanks for posting.”

“Very clever, using spices and herbs to cut down on sodium. I removed all the skin before cooking, yet the chicken was so tender, not dry. It’s so light and healthy. The wine, combined with a mixture of dried and fresh spices created a pleasant aroma while the food was being cooked. I served mine with rice accompanied by a glass of white wine. Superb! Thanks for posting your recipe.”

“Very good but if you are using skinless, boneless breasts you need to cut back on the cooking time.I baked it for 50 minutes and that was way too long. Also I added the chicken broth.”

“Excellent blend of flavors!!! I am a garlic lover and this was wonderful but not overwhelming for the non garlic lover as has been stated before. Easy preperation. This is a keeper. Thanks for posting!!!!!”

“My kids loved it.The chicken was so tender.Its a keeper for sure.”

“Good one, mysterygirl! The garlic isn’t overpowering at all. Since I don’t like celery, we substituted portobellini mushrooms and it tasted great. Thanks!”

“Very Good! We love garlic, so this hit the spot. I used a package of thighs instead of a whole chicken, and I didn’t have any lemon juice so I used lime juice. The house smelled wonderful.”

“I wanted to do something different with chicken breasts last night and luckily had all the ingredients for this dish. I half the recipe since there was only 2 but followed the directions exactly. The smells were fantastic and the chicken came out so moist and juicy. I served this with some white sticky rice and sauteed zucchini. All the flavors especially with the garlic worked very well together. Once again you took my meal over the top!”

“As Barb and I are both natives of San Diego, we just couldn’t resist a recipe with California in the title.And it was terrific.Mysterygirl, you did it again!I didn’t change anything, except to add a pinch of dried red chili.That is rare for me.”

“Simple easy recipe that produced heavenly flavors – Right mysterygirl have something to sop up the juices Thanks for another favoriye chicken recipe”

“Loved this chicken dish, the garlc was soft and sweet. Halved the recipe for the two of us with no problem!”

“Didn’t taste at all like I thought it would, and the garlic cloves turned a sickly shade of green after being cooked.And the chicken didn’t even have that much garlic flavor either :/The cloves themselves tasted good I guess, but the breasts just tasted like boiled chicken.”

“We didn’t like this. It was surprisingly bland given the ingredients used. Plus, some of the garlic wasn’t very well cooked. We won’t make it again.”

“this was so easy to throw together, yet looked so elegant!i cut the recipe in half since i had 3 large chicken breasts that i cut in half to make 6 pieces.made as written except used a combination of chicken broth, beer and lemon juice since i didn’t have any white wine.oh and i used fresh basil and thyme on the chicken since i didn’t have any fresh oregano.i also sprinkled the veggies liberally with salt and pepper too.i loved the flavor combination of celery, onion, garlic and fresh parsley.this is a keeper.will make again and again!!served with greek roasted potatoes.next time will try with angel hair pasta and toss in the juices from the pan.thanks again for a fab recipe!!”