Roast Chicken with Roasties

Name: Roast Chicken with Roasties
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1.6kg whole free-range chicken; 2 tbsp butter, softened; 2 cloves garlic, minced; zest of 1 lemon; 1 tbsp fresh thyme; 1kg roasting potatoes, parboiled and roughed up; 4 tbsp goose fat or vegetable oil; salt and pepper to taste; chicken stock for gravy 2 cups

A classic British Sunday roast: a whole chicken roasted until golden, served with crisp golden roast potatoes and a rich homemade gravy.

Total time

100 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

Ingredients

1.6kgwhole free-range chicken

2 tbspbutter, softened

2 clovesgarlic, minced

zest of 1lemon

1 tbspfresh thyme

1kgroasting potatoes, parboiled and roughed up

4 tbspgoose fat or vegetable oil

salt and pepperto taste

chicken stock for gravy2 cups

Instructions

Mix butter, garlic, lemon zest and thyme. Push under chicken skin.

Season chicken all over. Roast at 200°C for 1 hour 20 minutes.

Heat fat in a roasting tray until smoking. Add potatoes. Roast 45 minutes.

Rest chicken 15 minutes. Make gravy from pan drippings and stock.

Serve with roasties, greens and gravy.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

0.4g

Fat

5.8g

Carbs

2.3g

Fiber

0.7g

Sodium

1mg

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