Garlic and lemon pan grilled chicken
A yummy, quick, easy and fresh pan grilled chicken recipe
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken drumsticks skinless
- 6 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 4 fat garlic pods crushed
- 3 fresh green chillis crushed (optional)
- 1/2 tsp Mediterranean spice mix optional
- 2 tsp sea salt or to taste
- 1 tbsp chilli olive oil or regular olive oil
Instructions
- Wash the chicken well, pat dry with a kitchen towel and make light gashes on them, using a knife
- Add a tablespoon of the oil, spice mix (if using) salt, lime juice, crushed garlic and chillis
- Add the lemon zest and mix everything well. Keep this to marinate for at least an hour
- Heat a griddle pan and brush some oil on it
- Add the chicken drumsticks. Cook for 3-4 minutes and then turn them over, using tongs
- Repeat this process until the chicken has a nice golden brown colour and is cooked completely
- Remove on a plate and serve hot with salad and/or your choice of dip
Notes
- Only make light gashes and not deep on the chicken. You do not want the meat to fall off the bone when cooked
- Adding the spice mix is optional. If you don't have it, you may skip it
- The chicken needs to marinate for at least an hour
- You may use regular salt instead of sea salt
- I have crushed the garlic and chillis using a mortar and pestle. You could use any grinder, just keep it coarsely ground
- Heat the griddle pan well before adding the chicken. That way you will be able to get the grill maarks on them
- tsp - teaspoon
- tbsp - tablepsoon
- g - grams