Chicken

Chicken, especially the breast, needs to be paid quite lavish attention to keep it interesting, and I speak as someone whose favourite food is roast chicken. But when you’re trying to get something together quickly, be careful. Everyone likes the idea of breast portions, but they can easily be bland or desiccated. If possible, let chicken breasts marinate for as long as you can, but at least 20 minutes, in olive oil and lemon juice and some peeled, knife-flattened garlic cloves. For each portion of chicken breast, work along the lines of 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 clove garlic. But this is just the loosest of guides.