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I always thought of Nigel’s Lazy Chicken as one of those delicious dishes with the shortest preparation time. Today, I am proposing an even lazier Chicken. Not a quick meal, but hardly anything to do at all, and delicious:

Crispy (and very lazy) chicken

For two grown-ups. Multiply amounts as necessary.

Six nice free-range Chicken thighs. Two hands full of cherry tomatoes. An onion, a clove of garlic, one lime. Sea salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar, olive oil.

Preheat the oven to 190 C (375F). Go hotter if in doubt, but no less.

Get a roasting dish. A deep baking tray or a Pyrex glass dish are ideal. The dish should be just big enough for the thighs, if you lay them out, one next to another. Oil the dish lightly. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Add the finely cut onion finely and crushed clove of garlic. Add a good portion of black pepper, a little salt, juice from one lime and the matching amount of balsamic vinegar. Optionally, a little freshly ground nutmeg. Lightly toss about, then evenly distribute in the dish.

Trim and clean the thighs as necessary, then put them flat on top of the tomatoes, one next to each other, skin facing upside. Grind some black pepper over them and sprinkle a very generous pinch of sea salt over them.

Into the oven for one whole hour. Yes. Give it a mighty long time. It’s OK to go over, but not under. When black smoke develops after 80 or 90 minutes, you have been too lazy though and pushed it too far.

Serve with fresh white bread, or a green salad, or both.

Writing this recipe takes longer than the total preparation time.

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