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Harissa chicken with lemon garlic yoghurt

Serves four. Harissa chicken with lemon garlic yoghurt.

Recipe bywjf.morris
MainChicken
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Total time1 hr 26 min
DifficultyEasy
Community ratingNew recipe
Per serving43.1g protein
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  1. 01

    Read, weigh and prepare

    8 minHands-on

    Read the full method and weigh the listed ingredients. Prepare the meat and vegetables as described in the ingredient list, keeping sauce, starch, garnish and working ingredients separate. Clean hands, boards and utensils after handling raw meat.

  2. 02

    Coat the chicken

    4 minHands-on

    Pat thighs dry. Coat with harissa, chicken oil, garlic, cumin and lemon zest. Taste the harissa before adding the listed salt. Optional refrigerated marinating adds up to 2 hours beyond this default plan.

  3. 03

    Start heating the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Heat the oven to 190°C fan / 210°C conventional.

  4. 04

    Allow the oven to heat

    14 minHands-off · check as directed

    Allow about 15 minutes in total, checking the oven has reached its setting.

  5. 05

    Load the oven

    2 minHands-on

    Arrange thighs skin-up with space between them on a roasting tray and put in the heated oven.

  6. 06

    Roast chicken

    45 minHands-off · check as directed

    Roast for 40–50 minutes, checking thickest parts reach 75°C for 30 seconds without touching bone. Extend if needed.

  7. 07

    Check and take out of the oven

    2 minHands-on

    Check the stated readiness cue using a probe for cooked meat where specified. Carefully take the dish out and set it on a heatproof surface.

  8. 08

    Rest

    8 minHands-off · check as directed

    Rest for 8 minutes with skin uppermost.

  9. 09

    Mix lemon garlic yoghurt

    3 minHands-on

    Mix yoghurt, lemon juice, yoghurt garlic and its salt. Keep cool until service.

  10. 10

    Serve harissa chicken

    2 minHands-on

    Keep skin uppermost, spoon clean tray juices beside the meat and offer lemon garlic yoghurt alongside.

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  • Appropriate chopping board
  • Probe thermometer
  • Oven and oven-safe dish

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