Lemon chicken is one of those things that always sounds good to me. This one is glazed with lemon marmalade. It also includes feta cheese, pistachios, mint, and a touch of hot chili pepper. So good.
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Thanks to generous friends, my kitchen cupboards are crammed year-round with homemade jams. I have persimmon butter, blackberry and poppy flower preserves, grapefruit marmalade, quince jam, green tomato and chili chutney (made by the coauthor), and many more.
In fact, I own more gourmet artisan jams than I could ever possibly hope to consume via toast or crumpets alone. I’m not complaining! I’m just saying that I now face the challenge of trying to figure out creative ways to use those jams that don’t involve eating PBJs every day for the next three years.
A couple of months ago my friends Sue and Frank gave me a jar of their famous Meyer lemon marmalade. But instead of adding it to the jam gallery, I decided immediately what I was going to do with it: make a baked chicken with lemon marmalade glaze! (Sue and Frank are vegetarians though, so please don’t tell them about the corpsey thing I did with their delightful product.)
It was absolutely delicious. In addition to the lemon marmalade, I included an all-star lineup of some of my favorite ingredients—feta cheese, pistachios, mint, and a touch of hot chili pepper. I loved it, and people who are not me enjoyed it, too. Even my five-year-old niece declared it “the best dinner ever!” And it was super easy, too.
What are your favorite non-sandwich uses for jams and preserves? Share your ideas in the comments!
Lemon Chicken with Marmalade Glaze
Ingredients
- One whole chicken about 4-5 pounds, cut into pieces
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or spray oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup lemon marmalade
- 1 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes more or less, to taste
- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/2 cup shelled pistachios lightly toasted
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Trim any excess fatty skin from the chicken pieces, if desired, and place in a single layer in a baking dish just large enough to hold all of the pieces.
- Brush or spray chicken with oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Roast in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- While chicken is roasting, mix lemon jam and chili flakes in a small bowl.
- Remove chicken from oven, coat all pieces with the jam, and return to oven for another 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle feta cheese over the chicken, and bake for another 5-10 minutes, until chicken is fully cooked.
- Top chicken with pistachios and mint. Drizzle extra sauce from the bottom of the pan over the chicken pieces and serve.
Do you have a recipe for their famous Meyer lemon marmalade? Also is there somewhere on your site where I can find recipes for preserves? maybe your green tomato chutney? Thanks!
I’ll ask them for the recipe… and maybe Robin will post her delicious chutney, too.
The above story mentions “Grapefruit Marmalade”. Where can I find the recipe for this? I have a grapefruit tree in my back yard and could certainly use the recipe!!
I didn’t make that myself, so I don’t have a recipe to share. But if you find a good one, let us know!
i used this recipie with fresh shrimp served over grits cooked with a small amount of chopped green chili. It was absolutely wonderful. I also used individual casserole dishes that I warmed in the oven…..kept the food warm (do the warming while using the stove top).
Easy to make and company loves it, outstanding!
Meyer lemon marmalade:
18-20 Meyer lemons
four cups sugar
Salt
Peel the lemons. place the skinned lemons into a pan and add half cup of water. Bring to a slow simmer, stirring and mashing the fruit. Meanwhile, take the lemon peel and cover with water, and a teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, and discard water. Repeat twice more, to get rid of the bitterness.
Rinse the peel, and cut into as thin a strips as possible.
Strain the fruit pulp, and add to the skin.
Bring to a boil, then add the sugar.
Bring to 218 F, and pour into sterilized jars. Process as appropriate for your elevation.
Grapefruit marmalade, the same way. Use equal parts juice/pulp and sugar.
Thanks, Cecilia! I have always wanted to make marmalade!
We liked it more than we thought, though didn’t use the cheese. We don’t like super spicy so I halved the red pepper flakes and wish I had used the whole teaspoon!