Italian-Style Roast Chicken
Cuisine: Chinese
Italian-style roast chicken is a homestyle oven dish with Mediterranean flavors.
3 / 5
★★★☆☆
315 kcal
Ingredients
- Chicken thighs
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- Lemon juice
- Parsley
Steps
Preparing the chicken
- Rub the chicken thighs with salt, black pepper, olive oil and minced garlic.
- Put them in an oven preheated to 180 °C and roast for 30-40 minutes or until cooked through.
Preparing the garnish
- Finely chop the parsley and set aside.
- Squeeze the lemon juice and set aside.
Roasting
- Take out the roasted chicken and drizzle with lemon juice.
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley and it's ready.
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Notes
Italian-style roast chicken is a homestyle oven dish with Mediterranean flavors. The chicken thighs are marinated in garlicky olive oil, and after roasting the skin is lightly charred while the inside stays tender and juicy. With lemon juice and parsley it tastes fresh, not greasy. Chicken is rich in quality protein and olive oil provides unsaturated fatty acids, for balanced nutrition. The difficulty is moderate—you need to preheat the oven—but beginners can follow the steps easily. From marinating to out of the oven takes about fifty minutes in total.
Estimated difficulty: ★★★
Estimated calories: 315 kcal
Calculation:
- Chicken thighs: usually 1-2 per person
- Salt: 2 g per person
- Black pepper: 0.5 g per person
- Olive oil: 5 ml per person
- Garlic: 1 clove per person
- Lemon juice: 5 ml per person
- Parsley: 1 sprig per person
Use the figures above to work out the amounts of ingredients you plan to use.
- When roasting, you can drizzle the chicken with honey or another barbecue sauce for extra flavor
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C; the roasting time depends on the size and thickness of the chicken, so make sure it's cooked through
- Chicken must be fully cooked before eating; undercooked chicken can cause food poisoning and bacterial infections such as Salmonella and Shigella flexneri.