Wednesday 21 December 2011

Lemon Chicken

Lemon Chicken

Ingredients
  • 3 juicy lemons
  • 50g butter
  • 3 tbsp clear honey
  • leaves from 4 rosemary sprigs
  • 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
  • 8 chicken pieces, such as thighs and drumsticks, with skin
  • 750g potatoes , peeled and cut into smallish chunks (You could also serve with rice!)

Succulent honey & lemon chicken


Easy Serves 4
Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time Prep 5 - 10 mins
Cook time Cook 1 hr

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan180C. Squeeze the juice from 2 lemons into a small pan and heat with the butter, honey, rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper, until the butter melts and it smells fragrant.
  2. Lay the chicken in a roasting tin - don't pile it up or it won't cook so well. Add the potatoes and drizzle with lemon butter to coat evenly. Cut the third lemon into 8 wedges and tuck them in. (Can be made up to 2 hours ahead up to this point.)
  3. Roast for 50 minutes - 1 hour until the chicken is cooked and the potatoes are crisp and golden. Serve with a green salad.

1 comment:

Serendipity said...

This was absolutely wonderful!