Poulet Rôti

Name: Poulet Rôti
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1.8kg whole chicken; 100g butter, softened; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 bunch fresh thyme and rosemary; 1 lemon; 3 tbsp olive oil; salt and pepper to taste; 200ml white wine for jus

Perfect French roast chicken with herbed butter under the skin and a pan jus. Pushing the herb butter directly under the skin, rather than just rubbing it on top, actually flavours the meat and browns the skin evenly.

Total time

100 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

French

gluten-free

Ingredients

1.8kgwhole chicken

100gbutter, softened

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1 bunchfresh thyme and rosemary

1lemon

3 tbspolive oil

salt and pepperto taste

200mlwhite wine for jus

Instructions

Mix butter with garlic and chopped herbs.

Loosen skin from chicken breast. Push herb butter under skin.

Stuff cavity with lemon halves and remaining herbs.

Truss and rub outside with olive oil. Season generously.

Roast at 200°C for 1 hour 15 minutes. Rest 15 minutes.

Make jus: deglaze tray with wine, reduce.

Serve with roasted vegetables and jus.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1246

Protein

122.1g

Fat

80g

Carbs

2.4g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

386mg

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