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Everyday roast chicken

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Ingredients

  • a small, free-range roasting chicken
  • 75ml/3fl oz olive oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic, squashed
  • a large lemon
  • 6 sprigs thyme
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Details

servings 2
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 8.

Step 2

Place the chicken onto a chopping board and cut in half down the backbone using a large and very sharp cooks’ knife. Flatten the chicken as much as you can buy pressing down with the palm of your hand.

Step 3

Pour the olive oil into a mixing bowl large enough to take the chicken, add the squashed garlic cloves, the juice from the lemon and then the squeezed lemon shells. Put in the sprigs of thyme, a good seasoning of salt and black pepper, then turn the chicken over in the oil. (If you have the time, you can leave the chicken like this for an hour or so.)

Step 4

Place the chicken in a roasting tin, skin-side up. Roast for about 30 minutes or until the skin is golden and the bird cooked right through.

Step 5

serve with roast potaoes, vegetables and gravy.

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