By request - Nigel Slater's 'chikcken lemony thingy'!!

[popsycal]

Roast chicken with lemon and basil

meant to serve 2
6 chicken thighs
olive oil
2 clove of garlic
a lemon
handful of fresh basil
2 glasses of white wine (one to drink while it is all in the oven LOL!!)

put chicken in roastign tin
por olive oil over to moisten them and make a shallow pool
squash garlic in its skin and stick it in roasting tin
squeeze lemon over chicken then put empty lemon shells in roasting tin
roast for 30 mins in preheated oven of 200 degrees gas mark 6
tear up basil leaves and shove in roasting tin after the 30 mins
stick bacck in oven for 10 more mins
take out of oven
pour wine over chicken (you should have drunk first glass by now!!)
put roasting tin on hot flame (yes really) ad let wine bubble for a minute

eat
nice with chunky bread to mop up juices
also do it without the wine bit from ds!

there
easy!
Popsyxxx

bad spelling
alcohol detox over

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Oh my, I think I love you too! I am just full of LURVE tonight! Thanks, popsy!

nice with new potatoes

might have to coo this tomorrow!!!

btw you can stop after the line 'take out of oven' if you want to.....

I agree this is yummy, personally like it with a nice salad and/or homemade bread.

we had chickeny lemony thingy tonight!!

but ds decided he only wanted yorkshire puds and left the rest
hmmm

Could you send me his portion then? I need to get food in the house before I can cook anything!

Ah, now this isn't the same lemon chicken thingy that I do (although have done this one). I do the one where you stick some 1/4s of a lemon and some garlic inside it. Stick some more lemon halves and garlic cloves in the roasting tin and some garlic tucked into the wings etc. Roast it in some olive oil. 10 minutes before the end, put some basil in. When ready, take it out and cook on top with a glass of wine.

tinker - it IS the same one!!!!!
just my version of it¬!!
lol!
i dont do 'tucking'

Tinker, does that mean that you add the wine and cook it on the hob, or does that mean that you just stick it on the hob, and get yourself a glass of wine? (Both, probably!)

maomoa - both
popsy - it's the divine marriage of chicken and lemon and garlic. Am going to make it for tea tomorrow night - this thread got me drooling again

Popsycal, just wanted to thank you for posting this recipe. Was desperate for something to cook on Saturday and came on here and saw this. DH says it was really excellent so no doubt I will be cooking again soon! Thanks .

Glad you enjoyed it!!1
You have reminded me that I would quite fancy this too!!