Name: Foolproof slow roast chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: butter for greasing; 1.6kg chicken; 1kg roasting potatoes halved or quartered if large; 2 whole garlic heads halved through the middle; 100ml white wine; 100ml chicken stock; 2 stems rosemary broken into sprigs; 6 bay leaves; 1 lemon cut into wedges

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Foolproof slow roast chicken

Foolproof slow roast chicken

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 2 hrs and 20 mins

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Slow-roasting is a great way to keep chicken nice and moist. Adding the potatoes to the roasting tin infuses them with plenty of flavour, too

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Ingredients

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butter

for greasing
1.6kg chicken
1kg roasting potatoes

halved or quartered if large
2 whole garlic heads

halved through the middle
100ml white wine
100ml chicken stock
2 stems rosemary

broken into sprigs
6 bay leaves
1 lemon

cut into wedges

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal634
fat27g
saturates9g
carbs56g
sugars4g
fibre5g
protein44g
salt1.76g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Brush a large roasting tin all over with butter and smear some over the skin of the chicken.
step 2

Place the chicken in the tin and arrange the potatoes around it. Put the halved garlic heads in the tin, pour over the white wine and stock, then cover with foil and place in the oven. Cook for 1 hr then remove the foil and give the potatoes a shake. Add the herbs and lemon wedges, then cook uncovered for 50 mins.
step 3

Turn the heat up to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Cook for 30 mins more, then remove the chicken and potatoes from the pan. Cover the chicken loosely with foil and leave to rest on a plate for at least 10 mins before carving. Keep the potatoes warm. Serve with any pan juices.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2007

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