The secret of juicy chicken in lemon marinade

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the marinade. Remove the zest from half a lemon. Squeeze out the juice from the same half. Add zest, black pepper, salt, thyme, vegetable oil and garlic to it. Mix everything together.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut off the extreme phalanges of the wings of the chicken.

3. Step 3:

   

   The carcass needs to be rubbed with marinade from the outside and from the inside. Put the chicken marinated in this way in a bag, pour the remaining marinade into it.

4. Step 4:

   

   Tie the bag and leave the chicken for at least an hour. Turn on the oven and preheat to 200° degrees.

5. Step 5:

   

   Prepare the baking dishes. Slice the zucchini and sour apple thinly and make a pillow for the chicken.

6. Step 6:

   

   Get the chicken out of the bag.

8. Step 7:

   

   Shake the seasoning off the outside so it doesn't burn. Put half a lemon inside,

9. Step 8:

   

   And secure the skin with a toothpick.

10. Step 9:

    

    Place the chicken on a pillow and cover with foil. Put in the oven for an hour.

11. Step 10:

    

    After an hour, remove the foil, pour the chicken with the selected juice or vegetable oil and send it back to the oven for about 40 minutes.

12. Step 11:

    

    During this time, you can pour it with the released juice one more time. Zucchini and apples can be used as an additional side dish.