Lemon Grilled Chicken

This is what we are having for dinner tonight with Neil's family but we've actually had it before and it's really good.

Lemon Grilled Chicken

1 lemon
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley plus extra for garnish
1/4 tsp. dried thyme
1/4 tsp. dried marjoram
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts about 60z each

Use a peeler to remove strips of zest from half of the lemon, then trim into fine strips with a small knife. Reserve and set aside. Grate the other side of the lemon to make 1 tablespoon zest. Finally, squeeze the juice from the lemon into a bowl.

In a large bowl, combine the lemon zest and juice, oil, garlic, parsley, thyme, marjoram, salt and pepper. Add the chicken breasts to the bowl and spoon the marinade over the chicken until well coated. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes, or overnight if you have time.

Preheat the griddle, grill or boiler to medium heat. Put the chicken pieces on the griddle, reserving marinade. Cook chicken until cooked through, about 10 minutes on each side. Brush with reserved marinade 2-3 times during cooking. Sprinkle with reserved lemon strips and serve immediately garnished with parsley.

When we made this we used smaller pieces of chicken because we didn't have chicken breasts. We of course doubled or tripled this recipe I can't remember- because it only serves 4. I think we ended up making a triple batch of the liquid because we didn't feel like we had enough of the liquid for the marinade. We also didn't have fresh parsley so we used dried and we didn't have marjoram so we left it out.