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Quick roast chicken with lemon and spices

Rachel Allen from Rachel's Favourite Food...
Simplicity itself, Rachel Allen's lemony roast chicken is a great party dish, made with the minimum of fuss and maximum flavour

Quick roast chicken with lemon and spices

Method

Place the chicken pieces in a bowl and mix with the rest of the ingredients. Toss with your hands to evenly coat the chicken with the spicy marinade. Set aside for 1-2 hours.

Either roast the chicken with the spicy marinade for 1 hour at 150C - this results in a lovely juicy dish, giving everyone enough spicy 'gravy' to go round. Or, you could cook the drained chicken in an oven preheated at 250C for 25 minutes - this will give you a crisp result with not much juice, but delicious all the same. Either way, sprinkle salt over the chicken just before it goes in the oven. Serve with a bowl of cucumber raita and basmati rice.

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Serves: 4-6

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 25 min, or one hour if roasting with the marination

Ingredients
1 chicken, jointed into eight pieces
1 lemon, grated rind and juice
1 head Garlic, peeled, cloves left whole
10 green cardamoms, seeds crushed
1 tsp Coriander seeds, ground
0.5 tsp dried chilli flakes
0.5 tsp Turmeric
50ml Olive oil