Family Home Style Roast Chicken
A classic French-style roast chicken with potatoes, onions, garlic, and tomatoes.
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- •1.4 kilos Chickenwhole
- •Potatoespeeled, washed, and cut into quarters
- •Onionscut in half and finely sliced
- •Flat leaf parsleywashed
- •Thyme
- •2 Bay leaves
- •8 Garlic cloveswith skin on, ends trimmed
- •Roma tomatoescan use cherry tomatoes
- •Saltfor seasoning
- •Lemon pepperfor seasoning
- •Oilfor drizzling
- •Butterfor finishing
- 1
Preheat oven to 200°C (392°F).
5 min
- 2
Prepare the chicken by seasoning inside with salt and lemon pepper. Stuff with parsley, thyme, 2 garlic cloves, and shallots.
10 min
- 3
Truss the chicken using a string to secure the legs and wings.
10 min
- 4
Place chicken in a roasting pan on its side. Drizzle with oil and add butter.
5 min
- 5
Roast chicken for 15 minutes on one side.
15 min
- 6
Turn chicken to the other side and roast for another 15 minutes. Add garlic cloves and mix potatoes around the chicken.
15 min
- 7
Turn chicken to its back, add onions and tomatoes, and roast for an additional 25 minutes.
25 min
- 8
Remove from oven and let rest before carving.
5 min
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