Oriental roast chicken with coconut gravy recipe | delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tsp Thai spice blend or Chinese five-spice powder
• ½ tsp coarse salt
• Grated zest and juice of 1 lime, plus extra 1 lime, halved
• 1.5kg whole free-range chicken
• 2 lemongrass stalks, bruised
• 4 thick slices fresh ginger
• 2 lime leaves (look for Bart Spices dried lime leaves, from major supermarkets)
• 200g carton coconut cream
• 200ml chicken stock, hot
• 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste (we like Thai Taste, from most major supermarkets)