How To Make Roast Chicken
Roast chicken makes an amazing sunday dinner, this under the skin butter really helps give it a nice crispy skin with lots of flavour
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 70 minutes
- Yield: 4 people 1x
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: English
Scale
Ingredients
- 1 in Chicken roughly 900gweight
- 1 Large Lemon (Half skin grated)
- 4 Slices of Parma Ham
- 3 Cloves of Garlic (Chopped)
- 120 g of softened butter
- 5 leaves Sprigs of Thymefinely (chopped)
- 2 tsp of Paprika
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven at 220C
- Place the butter, garlic, grated lemon peel, parma ham, thyme and paprika into a bowl
- Mix together with hands to ensure everything is well combined
- Prise skin of chicken gradually from the meat, ensuring not to tear the skin
- Place butter mixture under the skin and ensure well spread
- Cover the outside of the chicken with remaining butter
- Place in the oven for 45 minutes, adding additional butter every 15 minutes to the outside
- Take out of the oven and add any parboiled potatoes and return to the oven for another 45 minutes or until fully cooked (Juices run clear/check with Thermometer)
- Continue adding a little butter when skin begins to get too dry
- Remove from oven when cooked and allow to rest for 20-30 minutes
Find it online: https://www.amateurchef.co.uk/how-to-make-roast-chicken/