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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal238
  • fat3g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs19g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre5g
  • protein36g
  • salt0.32g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Put the carrots in a large saucepan of water and bring to the boil. After 10 minutes, add the leeks and boil for another 15 minutes until very tender.

  • step 2

    Meanwhile, preheat the grill to high. Grate the zest from the lemon and squeeze 1 tablespoon of the juice. Mix the honey, lemon zest and juice and brush half on the underside of the chicken. Put the chicken glazed side up on a foil lined baking tray and grill for 5-6 minutes. Turn over and carefully brush with the remaining honey mixture. Grill for another 5-6 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through, rolling it in the caramelised honey on the tray so it gets a lovely golden glaze.

  • step 3

    Drain and roughly mash the carrots and leeks. Season, then stir in the watercress until it has wilted. Serve the chicken on a bed of mash with lemon wedges on the side.

RECIPE TIPS
A DIFFERENT VEG

You could use parsnip or swede as a tasty alternative.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2002

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A star rating of 2.5 out of 5.2 ratings

kazwhite

This recipe looked really nice in the picture, but when I made it the glaze burnt under the grill. How do you stop that happening so it looks appetizing like in the picture?!

leischen26

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Was pleasantly surprised with this dish, a lot tastier than I expected. Would be good to serve with potatoes as well.

mpearsonmadrid

A star rating of 1 out of 5.

I would make the chicken again but using chicken thighs (well..it's not out of the ordinary, a typical barbecue type recipe) but found the mash unsatisfying as an accompaniment. Apart from not really complimenting the chicken it was a bit of a mushy non-event.

raych60

the mash would be great using sweet potato instead of carrot

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