Roast chicken pieces with olives, garlic & lemon
29/6/2011
Serves 4
Ask your butcher to joint a whole chicken for you or use a variety of chicken portions for this dish.
Ingredients
| 4 | Chicken legs |
| 1 | Yellow capsicum |
| 8 | Shallots |
| 4 cloves | Garlic |
| 6 tbsp | Olive oil |
| ½ | Lemon |
| 1 to taste | Salt & freshly ground pepper |
| 2 tbsp | Capers |
| ¼ cup | Olives |
| 3 | Bay leaves |
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C. Prick the skin of each chicken leg and place in a roasting pan. Arrange the capsicum,deseeded and cut into quarters, peeled shallots and peeled garlic around the chicken, then pour over the olive oil and lemon juice. Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and scatter over the capers, green olives and bay leaves.
- Place in the oven and roast for 45 minutes until the chicken is golden brown and the vegetables tender.
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katiedee
added 44 days agoSuper easy and yum.
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