Lemon & five-spice chicken

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• Claire

  07 November 2007

  Claire commented on this recipe

  We absolutely love the flavour of this marinade. When we want something warming, we combine this with Mary Cadogan's Chicken Noodle Soup (February 2006 edition) and miss out the chicken actually in the soup.

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• Annie

  12 February 2008

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  Delicious!

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• Trish

  21 September 2008

  Trish rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was a lovely recipe. I only used one lemon, squeezed the juice and then cut up what was left for the marinade. I also cooked the chicken in the sauce, basting it every now and again. Very tasty, will def make it again.

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• Victoria

  31 May 2009

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  I used this recipe for chicken kebabs on the bbq and it went down a treat. Marinated for about 3 hours and the meat was particularly tender and tasty. My family enjoyed this.

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• placebo_effect

  07 June 2009

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  The marinade was delicious but the chicken definitely needs more like 25-30 mins to cook under the grill, rather than 20.

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  17 June 2009

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  Nice flavours from a quick preparation. As mentioned earlier, it needed 25 mins for the chicken to be cooked through

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• vlaoverton

  23 June 2009

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  Great flavour and quick and easy to prepare. May also add a little bit of chilli next time to give it a bit of a kick!

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• njwilson121

  03 June 2011

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  I wasn't keen on this at all. The lemon totally overpowered everything! There are better recipes on this site.

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• rooky

  21 September 2011

  rooky rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was lovely, a really tasty marinade. I popped the chicken into the oven instead of doing on the grill. It was lovey with homemade wedges & salad.

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Ingredients

• 2 lemons
• 3 tbsp light muscovado sugar
• thumb-sized piece ginger , shredded (no need to peel)
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 5 tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp Chinese five spice powder
• splash dry sherry or dry white wine
• 8 chicken thighs

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Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 5 mins

Cook 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lemons
• 3 tbsp light muscovado sugar
• thumb-sized piece ginger , shredded (no need to peel)
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 5 tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp Chinese five spice powder
• splash dry sherry or dry white wine
• 8 chicken thighs

Per serving

493 kcalories, protein 50g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 30 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 0g, sugar 7g, salt 2.25 g

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