Lemon Chili Chicken

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    3hrs 10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    216
based on 3 ratings

Sweet and citrusy, this chicken dish uses the entire lemon to inject buckets of flavor with just a few ingredients. This works with a whole chicken separated into pieces, or a mix of thighs and drumsticks. Make a meal of it with salad and baked potatoes.

recipe updated 23 Feb. 2022

Ingredients

  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    4
  • Fresh chili icon
    Fresh chili
    1
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    6
  • Fresh parsley icon
    Fresh parsley
    4 tablespoons
  • Whole chicken icon
    Whole chicken
    1 kg
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Runny honey icon
    Runny honey
    2 tablespoons
  • Lemon peel icon
    Lemon peel
    4
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Baking dish - 2 quart
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Arrange whole chicken in a clean baking dish
  2. Crush garlic clove a clean small bowl
  3. Add runny honey, lemon and fresh chili to the mixture
  4. Pour mixture into chicken
  5. Add lemon peel to the chicken
  6. Marinate in fridge - 2 hr
  7. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
  8. Scatter garlic clove over the chicken
  9. Bake until golden brown - 45 min, 200°C
  10. Stir in fresh parsley to the chicken
  11. Season with salt & pepper
  12. Serve immediately
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