ROAST CHICKEN
1 hour 30 mins cooking time
Roasted chicken is a sure winner. Despite all the rumours about dry chicken meat and difficult preparation it is actually quite simple to make a tasty and juicy chicken roast. In this recipe we use lemon, parsley, and salt for stuffing to get a rich and delicious chicken. Served with potatoes, carrots, onion, and string beans, this roasted chicken will suit your food loving cooking desires.
ROAST CHICKEN
Roasted chicken is a sure winner. Despite all the rumours about dry chicken meat and difficult preparation it is actually quite simple to make a tasty and juicy chicken roast. In this recipe we use lemon, parsley, and salt for stuffing to get a rich and delicious chicken. Served with potatoes, carrots, onion, and string beans, this roasted chicken will suit your food loving cooking desires.
Roasted chicken is a sure winner. Despite all the rumours about dry chicken meat and difficult preparation it is actually quite simple to make a tasty and juicy chicken roast. In this recipe we use lemon, parsley, and salt for stuffing to get a rich and delicious chicken. Served with potatoes, carrots, onion, and string beans, this roasted chicken will suit your food loving cooking desires.
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 180C/165C fan/gas mark 4.
2
Cut lemon into squares, rinse parsley in water, drain well. Mix lemon, parsley, and salt, stuff the chicken with the mixture. Take butter and spread evenly around the whole chicken so it will be fully covered in butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in ovenproof dish and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
3
Wash potatoes and cut into chunks, wash carrots and, if small, keep them whole, otherwise cut lengthwise. Cut the onions into wedges. Rinse the green beans, trim them, and cut in half.
4
After the chicken has been roasting for 30 minutes, take it out and place the potatoes in the dish with thyme, garlic, onion, and carrots, sprinkle the vegetables with salt and pepper, mix the vegetables with the butter and juice that is already in the bottom of the ovenproof dish, place back in the oven.
5
Steam the green beans for 3 minutes. Take the chicken out of the oven, mix the green beans into the potato mixture. Cut the chicken into pieces and serve with the vegetables.