Roast chicken with wine & tarragon gravy

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• Elaine

  07 November 2007

  Elaine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Dead simple and really delicious. Makes great Sunday lunch

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• taryn

  09 November 2007

  taryn rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy and tasty!

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• Jo

  19 November 2007

  Jo commented on this recipe

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

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• Jacqueline Boux

  21 March 2008

  Jacqueline Boux 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

  knickers commented on this recipe

  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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• Alex

  23 September 2008

  Alex rated and commented on this recipe

  

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

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• Aeme

  16 August 2010

  Aeme commented on this recipe

  Does anyone have an idea how this recipe would work using chicken breasts only? Would I need to roast the breasts with skin? Would they cook faster than the whole chicken? Should I use another temperature? I am new in the cooking department.... As you can see :-) thank you!

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• Mum&Lil'o

  21 August 2010

  Mum&Lil'o rated and commented on this recipe

  

  100% loveeee this dish, really gives a boring roast some flavor, delicious. To thicken the gravy i added a little flour and butter,which i made in2 a paste before adding.

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• nickyp

  22 July 2012

  nickyp rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have never cooked a roast dinner before, but this recipe was so easy to follow it turned out absolutely perfect. I think I could have done with spooning the gravy over the chicken a couple of times during the roasting, although it was absolutely delicious the way it turned out following the recipe. Thank you so much! I thought it was going to be a shambles...

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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

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 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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