The Patricks' Lemon Chicken

from the Dark Shadows Celebrity Cookbook

It's nice to see that the Dark Shadows Celebrity Cook offers a number of recipes that focus on health as well as taste as I discovered when I turned to Denis Patrick and his wife Barbara Cason's recipe for Lemon Chicken.  Chicken breasts are skinned and drenched with lemon juice, sprinkled with a little chopped garlic, salt and pepper, then baked.  I was really surprised by the chicken when it was served. It was tender, juicy and very flavorful.  The lemon juice acted as tenderizer and also browned the natural pan juices so that the chicken was bathed in a light and piquant sauce.  Calories and carbohydrates are extremely low in this delicious recipe and you must try it.  But, there was something else about it that I found curious.  It just did not seem like a dish that Jason Mcguire might have cooked with his robust appetite for exotic food and drink, either aboard ship or say, in his favorite port of Hong Kong.  Who knows?  Jason was full of surprises, many of which we will never know.  This was a really good recipe and worth trying even if you are not watching your calories.