Sticky lemon chicken

Serves 4.

Description:
A quick and easy chicken dish to serve with either rice or potatoes and veg. Very moist and very tasty.

Ingredients:
4 chicken breast fillets with skin, about 150g/5oz each
1 large lemon
2 tsp fresh thyme leaves or a generous sprinkling of dried
1½ tbsp clear honey

Directions:
Preheat the grill to high and lightly oil a shallow heatproof dish. Put the chicken in the dish, skin side down, and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 5 minutes. While the chicken is grilling, cut four thin slices from the lemon.
Turn the chicken fillets over and put a slice of lemon on top of each one. Sprinkle over the thyme and a little more seasoning, then drizzle with the honey. Squeeze over the juice from the remaining lemon and spoon round 2 tbsp water. Return to the grill for 10 minutes more, until the chicken is golden and cooked all the way through. Serve the chicken and the sticky juices with rice or potatoes and a green veg - broccoli or leeks are good.

Farmhouse Chicken

Ingredients:

1 skinless chicken breast per person.

1 carrot and 1 leek per person

3 large mushrooms

3/4 pint of chicken stock and a spoon of plain flour and some oil.


Directions:
Fry chicken breasts in oil to seal. Place in large oven proof dish. Chop up carrots and leeks and fry in oil for a few minutes. Add the flour and pour over the stock. Stir until it boils, add the mushrooms and simmer for a few minutes. Pour it all over the chicken. Cover with foil and cook in the oven for 45 minutes at gas mark 2. Easy as anything and really nice! Serve with mashed potato and runner beans and swede.