One Pot Greek Chicken & Lemon Rice

I made this for my son and his wife while I was visiting them. It is so delicious they were squabbling over who got to take the leftovers for lunch.

One Pot Greek Chicken & Lemon Rice

Recipe video above. This is not an authentic Greek dish (as far as I know!) but it is made using classic Greek ingredients. The beauty of this is that it is all made in one pot / pan. Cooking the rice with the chicken on top adds extra flavour to the rice because the chicken juices get soaked up by the rice. MARINATING TIME: 20 minutes to overnight. {Recipe video above} SCALE RECIPE using servings slider - hover mouse over Servings.

Ingredients
CHICKEN AND MARINADE

• 5 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in (about 1 kg / 2 lb)(Note 1)
• 1 - 2 lemons, use the zest + 4 tbsp lemon juice (Note 7)
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 tsp salt

RICE

• 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil, separated
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 1 cup / 180g long grain rice (Note 6 for other rice)
• 1 1/2 cups / 375 ml chicken broth / stock
• 3/4 cup / 185ml water
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 3/4 tsp salt
• Black pepper

GARNISH

• Finely chopped parsley or oregano (optional)
• Fresh lemon zest (highly recommended)

Instructions

1. Combine the Chicken and Marinade ingredients in a ziplock bag and set aside for at least 20 minutes but preferably overnight.

TO COOK

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
2. Remove chicken from marinade, but reserve the Marinade.
3. get the full instructions @ recipetineats.com

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