Salt-Crusted Chicken Recipe | Chocolate & Zucchini

Ingredients

• one chicken , organic and/or from a source you trust, about 2 kilos (4.4 pounds)
• 1 medium bunch flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped
• 3 cloves garlic , crushed with the flat of a knife blade
• 500 grams (17 2/3 ounces, about 3 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour
• 300 grams (10 1/2 ounces, about 1 1/3 cups) coarse salt
• 3 tablespoons thyme , fresh if available, dried otherwise (other dried herbs may be substituted, such as rosemary or oregano)
• 6 tablespoons ground flax seeds , or 160 grams (5 2/3 ounces) egg whites (from 4 to 5 large eggs)