Really easy roast chicken

Name: Really easy roast chicken
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, about 1½ kg; 1 lemon, halved; 2 garlic cloves; 1 sprig thyme or rosemary if you have it; 50 grams soft butter; 800 grams very small salad potato, such as Charlotte, halved if you can only find large ones; 350 grams Chantenay carrot, or 3-4 regular carrots. cut into chunks; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 300 milliliters chicken stock; 1 Tbsp low-salt soy sauce

Really easy roast chicken could be just the gluten free recipe you've been looking for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 919 calories, 43g of protein, and 62g of fat. If you have chicken, low-salt soy sauce, olive oil, and It works well as a pretty expensive main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 55 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Easy Tuscan roast chicken, Simple and Easy Roast Chicken, and Easy Roast Chicken with Mrs. Dash.

Instructions

KIDS: The writing in bold is for you. ADULTS: The rest is for you.

Cut the string off the chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas

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Oven

Get your child to use a pair of scissors to cut the elastic or string holding the chicken together.

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Whole Chicken

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Kitchen Scissors

Stuff the chicken. Stuff the lemon halves in the cavity of the chicken with the garlic and herb sprig (if using).

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Lemon

Time to get your hands mucky. Sit the chicken in a large roasting tin and use your hands to smear the butter all over it.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Easy-peasy vegetables. Tip the carrots and potatoes into a large bowl, drizzle over the oil and toss everything together with your hands.

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Potato

Carrot

Cooking Oil

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Scatter the vegetables around the chicken. Scatter the vegetables in an even layer around the chicken, then season everything.

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Whole Chicken

Put the chicken in the oven and roast for 30 mins.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Remove from the oven and give the vegetables a stir, reduce the heat to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, then return to the oven for 50 mins more.

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Oven

Test if the chicken is cooked.

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Whole Chicken

Remove the chicken from the oven. Using a cloth, pull the leg if it easily comes away from the body, there is no sign of pink and the juices run clear, the chicken is cooked. If you have a digital cooking thermometer, it should read above 70C. Take the chicken out of the tin.

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Whole Chicken

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Make a lemony sauce. Scoop the vegetables into a serving dish. Using a spoon or a pair of tongs, remove the garlic, lemon and herbs from the chicken and put them in the roasting tin. Squash them down well with a potato masher to release all the juice from the lemons.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Lemon

Potato

Squash

Herbs

Juice

Sauce

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Potato Masher

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Strain the sauce.

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Sauce

Pour in the chicken stock and soy sauce and give it all a good stir. Get the child to hold a sieve over a jug while you lift up the pan and strain the juices into the jug. If you want it piping hot, reheat in a pan or in the microwave.

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Chicken Stock