Mediterranean Baked Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 6 medium chicken legs
• 2 tsps ground oregano
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 220 °C.
2. In a 20x30 cm baking dish, grate the peel from 1/2 the lemon, squeeze out the juice (about 1/4 cup) and add to peel with the oregano, garlic, oil, salt and pepper. Stir until mixed.
3. Remove skin from chicken pieces and discard. Coat chicken pieces with the lemon mixture.
4. Arrange, chicken bone side up, in the baking dish. Cover dish and bake for 20 minutes. Turn and baste chicken.
5. Reduce heat to 220 °C and bake uncovered, basting every 10 minutes, for about 30 more minutes.
6. Serve chicken with pan juices.