Sticky Lemon Chicken Pieces

Name: Sticky Lemon Chicken Pieces
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: salt and pepper; olive oil, for cooking; 1 tablespoon light soft brown sugar; finely grated zest and juice of 1 large lemon; 50 g (2 oz) butter, cut into cubes; 4 large chicken legs

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keeping it Simple

By Gary Rhodes

Published 2005

About

The cooking time in this recipe may seem a bit long for chicken pieces, but this is intentional, the succulent meat just falling off the bone.

Ingredients

4 large chicken legs
salt and pepper
olive oil, for cooking
1 tablespoon

Europe
United Kingdom
Dinner
Gluten-free
England

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Season the chicken legs with salt and pepper. Heat an ovenproof braising pan or roasting tray on top of the stove with some olive oil and lay in the chicken, skin-side down. Fry for a few minutes until golden brown before turnin