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Nutrition: per serving without skin

  • kcal404
  • fat8g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs48g
  • sugars9g
  • fibre2g
  • protein38g
  • salt0.25g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan oven 180C. Cut the orange and lemon in halves and squeeze juice from one half of each fruit into a small bowl. Mix in the marmalade and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season well and set aside.

  • step 2

    Cut 3-4 diagonal slashes in each chicken breast, then stuff a sprig of thyme in each slash. Put chicken and onion into a large gratin dish or roasting tin.

  • step 3

    Cut the remaining orange and lemon halves into thin wedges, arrange around the chicken and onion and spoon marmalade mixture over the top. Scatter over a few more thyme sprigs and season with black pepper. (You can prepare up to this point a couple of hours ahead, and keep in the fridge covered in cling film.)

  • step 4

    Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and cooked through. Ten minutes before you are ready to serve, prepare the couscous according to the packet instructions, then stir in remaining olive oil and chopped parsley.

  • step 5

    Put a chicken breast on each plate, surround with the onion and fruit wedges and spoon juices over. Serve the couscous in a bowl, for people to help themselves.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2002

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A star rating of 3.5 out of 5.7 ratings

Cinny

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Very tasty! Used my home made lemon and ginger marmalade and added some cornflour to the sauce at the very end. "A keeper" as my partner said :)

maria.vella

This became a family favourite 5* :)

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joferg

very quick and easy to make & nice strong citrus flavour. I served it with lemon & coriander cous cous which enhanced the citrus & soaked up the runny sauce nicely. I would definitely make this again.

gooseberrycrumble

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Made this tonight. Used two onions, added mushrooms to roasting pan and couldn't get hold of any fresh thyme. Served with vegetables since I don't eat couscous. Sauce a little runny but still very citrussy. Rating is therefore for adapted recipe, but felt dish was rather 'average' and would…

glenyst

I've done this several times now, and have found the sauce runny every time, until the last time, when I stirred 2 teaspoons of cornflour into it at the end. I put the roasting pan on the top of the oven and stirred it in over a low heat uintil I got the consistency I like. For me, this lifts it…

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