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My Perfect Roast Chicken


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Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat oven to 170C.

  2. 2

    Scatter onion, carrots, and celery over the base of a roasting tin.

  3. 3

    Separate the skin from the breasts and massage garlic butter under the skin.

  4. 4

    Cook the outside/all over with more garlic butter.

  5. 5

    Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.

  6. 6

    Season the cavity of the chicken liberally with salt and pepper.

  7. 7

    Stuff the chicken with lemon halves.

  8. 8

    Put the chicken into the oven for 80-90 mins depending on your chicken weight.

  9. 9

    Baste the chicken every 20 mins for the best results.