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Delicious lemon chicken recipe ideas for dinner

From one-pot orzo dishes to whole roast chickens, here are our favourite lemon chicken dinners...

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Lemon chicken is a dish that can be served in a variety of ways depending on what cuisine you're cooking. Here are some of our favourite ways to use the two ingredients.

1

Za’atar Lemon Chicken and Cauliflower Steaks

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Za’atar (a herb and spice mix) adds fragrance to this easy marinade for chicken and cauliflower.


Recipe: Za’atar Lemon Chicken
2

Preserved lemon chicken

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This lemon chicken Mediterranean dish uses Orzo for a gorgeous one-pot.

Recipe: Preserved lemon chicken

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3

Lemon chicken couscous salad

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This fresh and filling salad has bags of flavour from preserved lemons and fresh herbs.

Recipe: Lemon chicken couscous salad

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Whole roast lemon chicken

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Full of flavour but without the fat, this healthy roast chicken recipe is a fabulous twist on an old favourite.


Recipe: Whole roast lemon chicken
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Roast lemon chicken

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This roast chicken only needs 15 minutes preparation time, so once it's in the oven, all you need to think about is what to serve with it!

Recipe: Roast lemon chicken

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