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Lemon Chicken

Serves: 4-6

Notes

The lemon is a wonderful fruit and we should make more use of it in cooking, both for its juice and its rind. This Consuming Passions recipe brings chicken and lemon together in a simple dish with a taste of the orient. It is very simply prepared.

Ingredients

• 1 kg lean skinless chicken pieces. (Preferably leg pieces because they are the best parts to have in a dish which is simmered. Being on the bone they don’t dry out.)
• 2 tsp finely chopped ginger
• 1 tbsp reduced salt soya sauce
• 1 glass dry sherry
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp olive oil

Method

Marinate the skinned chicken pieces in the soya sauce and the sesame oil. While that is marinating and it can be for anything between an hour and a day make up a sauce using the grated rind, the honey and the sherry, mix well. Drain the chicken, reserving the marinade. Pat the pieces dry with kitchen towel. Brown them in olive oil along with the ginger. When they are browned, pour in the lemon and honey mixture. Cover and let it simmer for about forty minutes. As always when simmering just a very low heat. (bloop, bloop sounds). Now back to the chopping board and prepare the garnish: some chopped spring onions and some slices of lemon. When the dish is cooked you’ll find that the sauce is not a thick one, but that’s perfectly alright. Gone are the days when we have to thicken sauces with flour. But you can remove the chicken and reduce the sauce to make it thicker if you wish. This dish needs nothing further than the garnishes: Spring onions and a few slices of lemon. Serve with plain rice.