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Roasted Chicken Lunchmeat

Healthy, moist, tasty sandwich meat is amazing
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time1 hour
Course: brunch, lunch, Salad, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: healthy, lunch meat, Roasted chicken

Ingredients

  • 2 12-16 ounce skinless boneless chicken breast

The Brine

  • 1 quart water
  • 1/4 cup salt

Marinade

  • 2 tbsp oil, olive oil preferred
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1/2 tsp minced lemon zest
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • chopped fresh rosemary
  • pinch black pepper

Instructions

  • Brine the chicken in the brine for 1 hour
  • Combine the marinade ingredient
  • Dry the chicken and put in the marinade
  • Get a piece of aluminum foil about 12 inches long. Heavy duty works best but if you have regular just double wrap it.
  • Lay the breast on top of each other in opposite directions on top of the foil. thick end on top of thin end. Roll the breast up and squeeze the ends like a tootsie roll.
  • Bake in a 350 degrees oven until the chicken reaches 160 degrees, about an hour.
  • Let it totally chill preferable overnight in the refrigerator. Enjoy!!!