Braised Honey Lemon Chicken

Happy Sunday everyone! The weekend is still going strong but coming to a slow halt. I did not post yesterday I went to my cousins lovely baby shower and my ears started acting up last night so I fell asleep on the couch, which is okay because it was Saturday. I made last night a honey lemon braised chicken. I used a whole chicken and thank God Jake used to work in the meat department because I would have never known how to cut a chicken into 8 pieces. So last nights meal was a collaboration. Please feel free to use chicken that is already cut. I only wanted to do something a little different than the boneless, skinless chicken breasts that we eat a couple times a week.

Braised Honey Lemon Chicken

• 2 Cups flour
• 2 Tsp salt
• 1 Tsp pepper

Mix the above together in a bowl to dredge the chicken in this mixture and set aside.

• 2 Tbs olive oil

Add the olive oil to a skillet and heat. Brown the chicken on both sides in the skillet. After browning chicken place in pressure cooker. 

• 1/4 Cup lemon juice 
• 2 Tbs red wine vinegar 

Add the above to the skillet and scrape up anything in the pan the stuck to add flavor to the sauce then add;

• 1 Tbs oregano
• 1 Tsp honey 
• 1/4 Tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/2 Chicken broth 

Cook in skillet about 3 minutes and then pour into pressure cooker in top of chicken. Cook in pressure cooker for 20 Minutes and serve. 

I paired this chicken with rice, it would have been lovely with a glazed carrot and even some green beans but I was lazy and did not feel like making anything else. Sorry, only being honest. This chick was delicious. I love chicken and am my own worst critic when it comes to food (ask Jake) but this had all the flavors of fried chicken but all the tender juicyness from the pressure cooker. The spices mixed into the skillet to deglaze that pan made it even better. I hope everyone stays tuned for the Sweet Sunday dessert. Jake is dying to know!