Perfect Roast Chicken

Perfect Roast Chicken

foodnetwork.co.uk

The perfect dish to present at your Sunday lunch. Serving 8 hungry guests, this succulent roast chicken is made to be shared.

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Cooking tools:

  • Roasting pan
  • Carving knife
  • Pastry brush
  • Butcher's twine
  • Aluminum foil
  • Serving platter
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 1 (2.25 to 2.7kg) roasting chicken
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 large bunch fresh thyme, plus 20 sprigs
  • 1 lemon, halved
  • 1 head garlic, cut in half crosswise
  • 30g butter, melted
  • 1 large yellow onion, thickly sliced
  • 4 carrots cut into 5cm chunks
  • 1 bulb of fennel, tops removed, and cut into wedges
  • Olive oil

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