Simple 7 Spice Chicken
Simple 7 Spice chicken yields deep golden color with mouthwatering flavor. Increase the recipe easily with more chicken and more marinade (or decrease easily). Purchase excellent Lebanese 7 Spice in my shop.
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 bone-in, skin on chicken breasts, cut in half cross-wise to make 4 pieces
- 6 chicken legs
- 4 chicken thighs
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic, miced or grated
- 2 tablespoons Lebanese 7 Spice
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 425°F. Combine all of the chicken pieces in a bowl or gallon zip top bag.
- 2
In a medium bowl, whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, 7 spice, and salt. Pour the marinade over the chicken pieces and turn them to coat. Refrigerate for one hour and up to 12 hours.
- 3
Line a sheet pan with non-stick foil. Transfer the marinated chicken pieces to the pan, leaving behind as much of the marinade as possible to prevent the pan from having too much liquid.
- 4
Roast the chicken for 45 minutes to an hour, checking the temperature of the pieces, until they reach 165°F. If your oven has a convection setting, turn that on for the last 20 minutes of roasting to encourage even more even browning. Serve the chicken immediately or make ahead, refrigerate, then reheat at 250° for 20 minutes.