Roast Chicken & Potatoes with Thyme, Lemon & Garlic

Name: Roast Chicken & Potatoes with Thyme, Lemon & Garlic
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 kg(2 lb 4 oz) potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks; 3 bay leaves (fresh, if possible); about 10 thyme sprigs; 1 chicken (about 1.6 kg/3 lb 8 oz); 4 garlic cloves, peeled but left whole; juice of 2 lemons; 60 g(2¼ oz) butter, softened; 3 tablespoons pouring (single) cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Apples for Jam

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2010

About

This is a lovely roast chicken... with just a dash of cream to bring everything and everyone together. You will need to use a roasting tin that can also be put on the stovetop to heat up the sauce. If you don’t have anything suitable, you can transfer all the chicken juices to a small saucepan.

Ingredients

1 chicken (about 1.6 kg/3 lb 8 oz)

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Wipe the chicken with paper towels and put breast-side-down in a large roasting tin. Put a little salt, a garlic clove, 3 of the thyme sprigs and 1 o