Lemon Chicken

Name: Lemon Chicken
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, blanched; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; juice of 1 lemon; 100 g (3½ oz) butter; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 3 golden shallots, chopped; 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves; juice of 2 lemons; 6 chicken breasts, skin on

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

About

Ingredients

6 chicken breasts, skin on

Oceania
Australia
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Mix together the ingredients for the marinade and add the chicken breasts. Marinate for 2 hours and then grill over a low fire for 12-15 minutes, turning occasionally, and basting the breasts with the marinade.

Melt the butter for the sauce at the side of the fire. Add the other sauce ingredients to the butter and keep warm. When the chicken is golden and the skin crisp, serve with a ta