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ChefLoubna Fawaz
Oven-Baked Lemon and Garlic Chicken
Oven-baked lemon and garlic chicken is a tasty, easy recipe — practical for the busy home cook and healthy for adults and children.
Oven-baked lemon and garlic chicken is a practical, very easy recipe that's perfect for the busy home cook!
Ingredients
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- 2 kg chicken thighs
- 1 kg potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 3 lemons
- 2 heads garlic (about 12 cloves)
- Mastic (mastic resin)
- Bay leaves
- Onion
- Whole cloves (for boiling)
- Tahini and vinegar for washing the chicken
- Sweet spice (mild spice blend)
- A pinch of ground cinnamon
- Cumin
- Chicken seasoning
- Black pepper
- For how to make beef steaks, click the link: How to make roast beef with filet pieces
- For delicious crispy wedges, see the link: Potato Wedges
Method
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- Begin by cleaning the chicken well and rubbing it with lemon, vinegar, and tahini.
- Boil the cleaned chicken and add all the aromatics: onion, cloves, and bay leaf, and boil it until about half-cooked (nearly done).
- Peel the potatoes, slice them, and fry them until half-cooked as well.
- Prepare the chicken seasoning mix: add the crushed garlic, adjusting the amount up or down according to taste.
- Add the lemon juice to the garlic and the various spices.
- Add a little of the chicken boiling water to the seasoning mix plus 1 teaspoon of saffron threads or turmeric.
- Place the chicken and potatoes in an ovenproof dish, then pour the seasoning over the chicken and potatoes.
- Put the chicken-and-potato dish in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through, depending on your oven.Timers: 40 min
- For how to make beef steak, click the link: Roast beef using steak cuts
- To make the delicious wedges with the crispy, here is the link: Potato wedges
Recipe tags
MainsInternationalDairy freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- How to make roast beef with filet pieces
- Potato Wedges
- Quzi recipe — with video
- How to make spring rolls (vegetable)
