This easy family dinner recipe for roasted chicken pieces with lemon and garlic will give you crispy, flavourful chicken. It's delicious served with mashed potatoes.
Prep 20 minutesCook 45 minutesServes 4
Ingredients
Method
1 x 1.5kg chicken, trimmed of excess fat and cut into 6 pieces
2 heads garlic, halved crossways
8 sprigs thyme, plus extra to serve
1⁄4 cup olive oil
2 lemons
Salt and ground black pepper
100g marinated feta cheese, drained and roughly crumbled
Mashed potatoes, to serve
Preheat oven to 200°C. Place chicken, garlic and thyme sprigs into a large non-stick roasting pan. Drizzle with oil. Juice one lemon and drizzle over chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat chicken. Cut remaining lemon into lemon wedges and add to pan. Roast, turning once, for 40–45 minutes, or until chicken is golden and just cooked through. Remove from oven
Squeeze garlic over chicken to remove cooked cloves. Sprinkle with extra thyme sprigs and feta. Serve with mashed potatoes
