Dinner on Monday night - Marinated chicken a la Nigella

On one of her series of programmes (can't remember which one, think it was Nigella Bites!) the domestic goddess made a easy chicken dish where she got lots of bits and pieces, chucked them and chicken into a bag, bashed it around and with a "hey presto", Fanny's your aunt - gourmet food in 20 mins!

I have to be slightly more scientific as I am not the domestic goddess she is ......... yet! So for me and Simon, I took -

2 corn fed chicken breasts, skin on
3 cloves of garlic, roughly crushed
1 chilli (not the fiery ones, something a little milder!), sliced
a good glug (technical term!!) of olive oil
juice of 1/2 a lemon
salt & pepper

So you get one of those plastic sandwich bags that are resealable and put all of the ingredients inside. And then you squidge the ingredients around inside the bag and leave it for 20-25 mins. [Actually Simon went to play golf so it was more like 40 mins - so no dramas about exact time.]
So, heat up your griddle as hot as you can get it, chicken goes on skin side down until golden brown. Turn it over for 3-4 mins and then into the oven (was on 180 degrees) for a further 16 mins ... depending on thickness of chicken!
I served it with chargrilled red peppers and baked potatoes! Yummy!

Think I'd like to swap lemon for lime next time and maybe put in some fresh coriander/shallots - go Thai .... will let you know!