Herby dressed turnips & roast chicken

Name: Herby dressed turnips & roast chicken
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 small chicken, about 1½ kg; 5 Tbsps olive oil, plus extra for rubbing; 2 garlic bulbs, separated into cloves; 3 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 6 turnips, peeled, halved and cut into wedges; 1 large handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped; 1 small handful capers, roughly chopped; 1 small bunch watercress; 100 milliliters white wine; 300 milliliters chicken stock

The recipe Herby dressed turnips & roast chicken can be made in about 2 hours. One serving contains 668 calories, 39g of protein, and 47g of fat. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of flat-leaf parsley, wine vinegar, chicken stock, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It works well as a main course. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Herby slow-roast chicken, Herby roast chicken with garlic lemon toasts, and Herby Roast Chicken And Honey And Thyme Parsnips.

Instructions

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas

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Oven

Rub the chicken all over with oil and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place in a roasting tin and roast for 1 hr. Scatter the garlic around the chicken and toss in the juices. Return the chicken to the oven for 30 mins more until it is cooked and garlic is soft.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

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Oven

Place the chicken on a board to rest. Squeeze all the garlic cloves out of their skins and pound to a paste with a mortar and pestle.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Whole Chicken

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Mortar And Pestle

Mix with the 5 tbsp oil and the vinegar, then set aside. Make the gravy by adding the white wine to the roasting tin and bubbling down.

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White Wine

Vinegar

Gravy

Cooking Oil

Add the chicken stock, then pass the gravy through a strainer into a gravy boat.

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Chicken Stock

Gravy

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Gravy Boat

Sieve

Boil the turnips in salted water for 6 mins until just cooked with a slight crunch. Toss them through the garlicky dressing with the parsley and capers, seasoning to taste. Joint the chicken, scatter with watercress, and serve with the herby turnips on the side.

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Watercress