Roast chicken with wine & tarragon gravy

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1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the onion and half the tarragon in a roasting tin. Put the lemon half and the rest of the tarragon (keeping back a few leaves) inside the cavity of the bird. Smear some softened butter over the breast of the chicken and season well all over.
2. Sit the chicken on the onion and cook for 1 hour, then add the wine and cook for 30 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through. Remove chicken and rest under foil for 15 minutes. Discard tarragon stalks and spoon off excess fat. Put the tin on the hob and let the gravy bubble up. Season, add reserved tarragon leaves, cook for a couple of minutes then serve with the chicken

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432 kcalories, protein 34.6g, carbohydrate 4.4g, fat 24.1 g, saturated fat 8.2g, fibre 0.6g, salt 0.79 g

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  07 November 2007

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  Dead simple and really delicious. Makes great Sunday lunch

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  Easy and tasty!

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• Jo

  19 November 2007

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  Wow, this was delicious! The gravy is just wonderful, will definately be making this again - and again and again!!!

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• Michael Wailes

  21 March 2008

  Michael Wailes rated and commented on this recipe

  

  What a great recipe! - as someone who has never cooked a full roast chicken before and who always been slightly intimidated by the idea of homemade gravy - I can unreservedly recommend this recipe. I cooked for a couple of friends and this went down a treat. The chicken was lovely and tender with the lovely subtle flavour that tarragon gives. The gravy was simply out of this world - rich and full of flavour, and the half bottle of wine means there is plenty to go round, which is just as well really...

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• knickers

  26 March 2008

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  lovely, I put a lemon inside the cavity as well to give it a bit of extra flavour, but it probably didnt need it, it was deliscious and easy to cook

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  23 September 2008

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  Really loved the gravy! Very easy to make and sooo yum!

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Ingredients

• 1 large onion , halved and sliced
• a bunch tarragon
• lemon
• 1 small free range chicken (about 1.5kg)
• butter
• half a bottle dry white wine

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Serves 4

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Prep 10 mins

Cook min 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 large onion , halved and sliced
• a bunch tarragon
• lemon
• 1 small free range chicken (about 1.5kg)
• butter
• half a bottle dry white wine

Per serving

432 kcalories, protein 34.6g, carbohydrate 4.4g, fat 24.1 g, saturated fat 8.2g, fibre 0.6g, salt 0.79 g

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