Lemon Chicken

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    5hrs 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    526
based on 5 ratings

This lemon chicken recipe is incredibly simple to prepare but packed full of flavor with lemon zest and juice, garlic, onion, rosemary and olive oil. Serve chicken with Kalamata olives, my Quinoa Tabbouleh or my Lemon Summer Risotto.

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/lemon-chicken

recipe updated Jan 24, 2022

Ingredients

  • Rosemary icon
    Rosemary
    2 sprigs
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    1
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    3
  • Scallion icon
    Scallion
    2
  • Lemon juice icon
    Lemon juice
    60 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    100 g
  • Sea salt icon
    Sea salt
    1 pinch
  • Chicken leg icon
    Chicken leg
    4
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    as needed
  • Black olives icon
    Black olives
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Ceramic baking dish - 13 x 9 x 2"
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Large resealable plastic bag

Step preview

  1. Add garlic clove, scallion, rosemary, lemon, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil and sea salt to the TM5 bowl
  2. Blend with MC in place 20 sec, speed 10
  3. Add chicken leg to a clean large resealable plastic bag
  4. Transfer marinade to chicken
  5. Marinate in fridge - approx 4 hr
  6. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
  7. Brush a clean ceramic baking dish with olive oil
  8. Transfer chicken to ceramic baking dish
  9. Roast for 20-30 minutes uncovered
  10. Remove from oven and cover with aluminium foil
  11. Serve with black olives
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