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Greek lemon chicken

Greek lemon chicken

I have been obsessed with Greek cuisine ever since we went to Athens for a short vacation this year. We were lucky to have a ton of amazing friends who got us up and close to the culture, and families that educated me with recipes and flavour combinations on the lunch & dinner table.



After heading back I decided to venture a bit into some of my favorite recipes, but I think I have some time to go before I turn extempo. So until I reach that expertise level, I decided to listen to my favorite Greek Chef - Akis Petretzikis! :D :P

What I love about this recipe is that one can spin it off with readily available ingredients either at home, or easily available at any supermarket. Also, I love that it is healthy and budget friendly. I replaced some ingredients with what I had at home, so the taste might not be absolutely similar to the one prepared by Akis, but none of us could complain about it!

 

Greek lemon chicken, a quick healthy one pot recipe with delicious mediterranean flavours.

Greek lemon chicken, a quick healthy one pot recipe with delicious mediterranean flavours.

 

Serves: 4-5

Time for preparation: 90 minutes (most of it is oven time!)

 

Ingredients

  1. Check thigh - 500 grams
  2. Juicy lemon - 2 pieces
  3. Mushroom/vegetable/chicken Stock cube - 1 cube
  4. Honey - 3 tbsp
  5. Mustard paste - 1.5 tbsp
  6. Fresh thyme - 5 twigs
  7. Dry oregano - 1 tbsp
  8. Garlic - 4 cloves
  9. Olive oil - 1/2 cup
  10. Water - 1/2 cup
  11. Potatoes - 7 huge, or 10 small ones

 

Method

  1. Add all the ingredients from 3-10 in a blender. Add the peel of 2 lemons, and juice (of course!) to the mix and blitz until everything is nice and smooth in consistency.
  2. Add the marinade mixture to clean chicken thigh and let the mixture marinate for at least 1 hour
  3. While the chicken is marinating, clean the potatoes and cut them into wedges. 
  4. Heat a pan and add a few spoons of olive oil. Lightly brown the potatoes for that glaze in the olive oil, and add salt and pepper to taste. At this point, I would also add whatever extra spice I feel like to the potatoes (paprika powder, chilli powder) but that is completely optional. This process shouldn't take more than 5 minutes, else the potatoes start to cook.
  5. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (fan) and get an oven-proof dish out of your closet :D
  6. Layer the potatoes on the oven-proof dish, and add the pieces of chicken on top. Don't waste any of that precious marinade, dump it all on the dish!!
  7. Cover the dish in oven-proof paper or aluminium foil and bake the chicken for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, discard the foil and continue to cook for another 30 minutes.
  8. Tadaa! Chicken is ready!!!

 

I love having this chicken with some Greek salad, or some white bread. We were lucky to have a great weather today, and were able to enjoy the chicken in our balcony. I can imagine that I'd love this lemony recipe even more when it is cold outside!

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