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Mediterranean Baked Chicken Dinner - fast prep chicken dinner idea, you'll love how the potatoes and chicken sucks up the tasty Mediterranean sauce!
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A yogurt Greek Chicken Marinade loaded with garlic, oregano and lemon is the secret for this baked Greek Chicken. Flavour infused right through, golden on the outside. Fnger lickin' good!
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Chicken with an utterly addictive Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Sauce! An incredible quick dinner on the table in 15 minutes loaded with flavour.
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This Moroccan-inspired roast chicken is one of the simplest in Yotom Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi's Ottolenghi cookbook, and it is also one of the most memorable.
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Chicken Thighs With Saffron, Lemon, and Red Potatoes
This one-skillet chicken dish starts with thighs that are seared in the pan for super crispy skin and then get finished in the oven with a flavorful cooking liquid seasoned with saffron and lemon. Red potatoes are cooked alongside the chicken so that they soak up the lemon-saffron juice and soften.
Chicken Shawarma Wrap
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Hummus with Lamb
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Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Onion with Tahini and Za'atar from 'Jerusalem'
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