Sunday, March 4, 2012

Lemon Chicken

1.5 kg chicken
1 orange
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 medium onion
1/2 lemon
1 tbs soy sauce
Salt & pepper to taste

Method: Place onion inside chicken cavity.
Season cavity and skin with salt & pepper.
Sprinkle chicken with paprika, then place in a roasting dish breast side down.
Squeeze juice from orange and lemon then place reserved peel inside chicken.
Combined orange, lemon and pineapple juice with soy sauce and pour over chicken.
Bake in moderately hot oven 190-200C for 1.1/2 hours basting frequently.
Turn chicken, breast side up, after an hour.

Source: Recommended by J. Hamilton in The Wentworth Private Residential Care Cookbook (Aberfoyle Park [Adelaide], ?2008) , p.32.
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