Name: Sticky lemon chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 chicken breast fillets with skin, about 150g/5oz each; 1 large lemon; 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves or a generous sprinkling of dried; 1½ tbsp clear honey

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Sticky lemon chicken

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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This tasty, low-fat lemon chicken recipe has a Mediterranean feel and just four ingredients- chicken, lemon, thyme and honey

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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4 chicken

breast fillets with skin, about 150g/5oz each
1 large lemon
2 tsp fresh thyme

leaves or a generous sprinkling of dried
1½ tbsp clear honey

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal193
fat4g
saturates1g
carbs6g
sugars4g
fibre0g
protein33g
salt0.83g

low

Method

step 1

Preheat the grill to high and lightly oil a shallow heatproof dish. Put the chicken in the dish, skin side down, and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 5 minutes. While the chicken is grilling, cut four thin slices from the lemon.
step 2

Turn the chicken fillets over and put a slice of lemon on top of each one. Sprinkle over the thyme and a little more seasoning, then drizzle with the honey. Squeeze over the juice from the remaining lemon and spoon round 2 tbsp water. Return to the grill for 10 minutes more, until the chicken is golden and cooked all the way through. Serve the chicken and the sticky juices with rice or potatoes and a green veg – broccoli or leeks are good.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2003

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