Rosemary & balsamic chicken with roast onions
A honey glaze adds a lovely sweetness to a classic roast chicken. Perfect with the tangy sweetness of roasted red onions
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr 40 mins
- Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Starting at the neck, carefully loosen the breast skin away from the flesh, trying not to tear it, then place a branch of rosemary down the side of each one. Put the rest of the rosemary in the cavity. Season the chicken inside and out, place in a roasting tin, then sit an onion in each corner of the tin. Drizzle the olive oil over the chicken and onions, then roast everything for 1 hr 20 mins.
- Meanwhile, stir the vinegar and honey together until the honey has dissolved. When the chicken has had about 40 mins, whip it out of the oven, drizzle the chicken and onions with the vinegar mix, then continue to roast until the time is up. Remove the chicken to rest, turn the onions over and continue to roast them in the oven while the chicken rests, about 20 mins. Serve each person a portion of chicken, a roasted onion and some of the sticky pan juices.
Know-how: Adding the glaze
Any glaze that contains honey should be applied halfway through the cooking time as honey has a tendency to burn.
Other rules
Always leave your chicken to rest for at least 15 mins before carving. This will give you a juicy chicken that is a lot easier to carve. For a more succulent chicken, take it out of the fridge one hour before cooking to bring it up to room temperature. This rule applies to any meat you are roasting. Don't worry about turning or basting your chicken as it roasts. Yes, these can give good results, but are fiddly for the beginner, plus every time you open the oven you lose heat.
The golden rule to roast chicken...
1.5kg chicken will be perfectly roasted after 1 hr 20 mins at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. It doesn't matter what you stuff into it, rub or sprinkle over it or put around it, this timing never changes. Remember this and you will always be able to roast a chicken.
Per serving
629 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 42 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 2g, sugar 12g, salt 0.44 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2008.
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Ingredients
- 1 free-range chicken , about 1.5kg/3lb 5oz
- bunch rosemary
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 red onions , left whole but peeled and trimmed
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr 40 mins
Ingredients
- 1 free-range chicken , about 1.5kg/3lb 5oz
- bunch rosemary
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 red onions , left whole but peeled and trimmed
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
Per serving
629 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 42 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 2g, sugar 12g, salt 0.44 g
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