Lemon, Spice And Garlic Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium chicken
• 1 1/2 lemons
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional but i'd use it)

Recipe

• 1 marinade:.
• 2 peel the garlic, crush or squeeze it in a garlic press, place it in a small bowl.
• 3 squeeze lemon adding the juice to the bowl.
• 4 add the olive oil, salt, black pepper, and chilli powder(if using) and mix well.
• 5 chicken:.
• 6 split the bird down the breast, in the original recipe the chicken was skinned but i think that would make for a very dry chicken . open the bird outwards and flatten it as well as you can without pounding it. place the chicken on a ovenproof tray.
• 7 use a pastry brush or a spoon to apply a half of marinade mixture over the chicken leaving the other half for later.
• 8 place the chicken under the oven's grill (400f, 200c, gas mark 6) or any grill will do.
• 9 grill for 10 to 15 minutes then turn the chicken on the other side, brush the rest of the marinade on the chicken.
• 10 return it to the grill for another 10-15 minutes, or until it is well roasted,.
• 11 when the chicken is ready serve it with any sides that you wish.