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Classic Roast Chicken
A simple whole roast chicken with crisp skin and juicy meat — a proper Sunday dinner.
Easy · 95 min (15 prep + 80 cook) · serves 4
Ingredients
- • 1.8kg whole chicken
- • 1 lemon, halved
- • 4 cloves garlic, whole
- • A few sprigs thyme
- • 60g butter, softened
- • 2 tbsp olive oil
- • Salt
- • Black pepper
Method
- Heat oven to 200°C.
- Pat the chicken dry and season generously inside and out with salt and pepper.
- Stuff the cavity with the lemon, garlic and thyme.
- Rub the butter over the skin and drizzle with olive oil.
- Roast for 75-80 minutes until the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced, basting once or twice.
- Rest for 15 minutes before carving.
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