Winter roasts recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has butter, chicken, potato, garlic, white wine, chicken stock, rosemary, bay leaf and lemon.
Foolproof slow roast chicken
Course: Winter roasts
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Butter: butter, for greasing
- Chicken: 1.6kg chicken
- Potato: 1kg roasting potatoes, halved or quartered if large
- Garlic: 2 whole garlic heads, halved through the middle
- White Wine: 100ml white wine
- Chicken Stock: 100ml chicken stock
- Rosemary: 2 stems rosemary, broken into sprigs
- Bay Leaf: 6 bay leaves
- Lemon: 1 lemon, cut into wedges
Directions
- Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Brush a largeroasting tinall over with butter and smear some over the skin of the chicken.
- Place the chicken in the tin and arrange the potatoes around it. Put the halved garlic heads in the tin, pour over the white wine and stock, then cover with foil and place in the oven. Cook for 1 hr then remove the foil and give the potatoes a shake. Add the herbs and lemon wedges, then cook uncovered for 50 mins.
- Turn the heat up to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Cook for 30 mins more, then remove the chicken and potatoes from the pan. Cover the chicken loosely with foil and leave to rest on a plate for at least 10 mins before carving. Keep the potatoes warm. Serve with any pan juices.
