Main Dishes
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Classic Roast Chicken with Herbs
A perfectly golden roast chicken slathered with herbed butter, rested on a bed of aromatics, and served with golden roasting juices.
in the kitchen
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (about 1.8kg)
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 1 lemon, halved
- 1 whole head of garlic, halved
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme and rosemary, chopped
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 onions, quartered
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Method
- Preheat oven to 200C. Bring chicken to room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Mix butter with herbs, paprika, salt, and pepper. Ease fingers under the skin and push butter underneath. Rub remainder over the surface.
- Stuff cavity with lemon and garlic. Sit chicken on onion quarters in a roasting tin. Season all over.
- Roast for 20 minutes per 500g plus 20 minutes. Rest for 20 minutes before carving. Deglaze tin with white wine for the jus.