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Roast Chicken with Roasties

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Roast Chicken with Roasties

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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
59
Protein
0.4g
Fat
5.8g
Carbs
2.3g
Fiber
0.7g
Sodium
1mg

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