LEMON CHICKEN

3 teaspoons dried thyme

3 teaspoons salt

3/8 teaspoons garlic powder

1 cup lemon juice

3 pounds chicken, pieces

3 cups rice, uncooked

Mix all the spices and lemon juice in a bag. Add chicken pieces and freeze. When thawed, preheat oven to 450. Arrange chicken skin-side down in a baking dish treated with nonstick spray. Pour liquid over chicken. Bake 20 minutes. Turn chicken over, baste it. Bake 15-20 minutes longer or until chicken is tender and no longer pink when cut along the bone. Prepare rice according to package. Serve chicken over rice