Thyme and garlic slow roast chicken
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Author: Cat (Waitrose Kitchen, Oct 2012, p71)
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: English
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 2 lemons, quartered
- 1.6kg whole chicken
- 2 garlic bulbs, halved
- 8 thyme sprigs
- 2tbsp olive oil
- 125ml chicken stock
- 125ml white wine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160C. Put one quartered lemon in chicken cavity, then tie legs together with kitchen string.
- Put garlic, thyme and other quartered lemon in roasting dish and top with chicken. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with a little sea salt. Pour stock and wine into dish and cover with foil. Roast for 2hrs.
- Remove foil from dish, increase temp to 200C and roast for further 25mins until skin is golden and chicken is cooked through. Carve and serve.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 374 Fat: 25.7g Saturated fat: 7.1g Carbohydrates: 1.5g Sugar: 1.1g Salt: 0.5g Fibre: Trace Protein: 34.2g