Lemon and wine glazed chicken

Name: Lemon and wine glazed chicken (Pollo al limon)
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; roast potatoes and steamed green beans, to serve; a few sprigs of thyme; 2 large leeks, cut into 2.5cm/1 in slices; 2 onions, peeled and quartered; 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup white wine; 10 garlic cloves, unpeeled; roast potatoes and steamed green beans, to serve; 1 chicken, about 1.3 kg/3 lb; 60 ml/4 tbsp olive oil; 4 lemons

Pollo al limon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Argentina

By Cesar Bartolini

Published 2014

About

This is a simple way to roast a chicken along with caramelized onions and leeks. Use an Argentinian Chardonnay for the recipe if you can, as it has just the right fruity notes and is one of the country’s favourite wines, produced extensively in Mendoza.

Ingredients

4 lemons
1 chicken, about 1.3 kg/3 lb

Americas
Argentina
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Cut the lemons in half and squeeze out the juice. Push the lemon halves inside the cavity of the chicken. Put the chicken in a roasting pan and season well with salt and pepper. Cover with foil and