Lunch: Roasted Chicken with Lemon Sauce

Some simple ingredients plus a little bit of planning can turn a great dinner into two. Use the leftover chicken half to make Pasta with Chicken and Peas.

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Ingredients

3 chicken halves
salt and pepper
1 1/4 c. dry white wine
3/4 c. canned reduced-sodium chicken broth
3 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. chopped fresh oregano

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large roasting pan with a rack, cook chicken, skin side up, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165 degrees. about 45 minutes. Remove chicken and rack.
Make sauce: Pour pan juices into a measuring cup; skim off fat. In pan, cook wine over medium-high, scraping up bits, until reduced by a fourth, 4 to 6 minutes. Add broth, lemon juice, and pan juices. Cook until reduced by a fourth, 5 minutes. Stir in oregano. Add water, if needed, to make 1 1/2 cups.
Serve two chicken halves with 1/2 cup of the sauce.

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