Roast chicken

Name: Roast chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chopped celery; 1 French shallot, chopped; 1 tablespoon chopped carrot; 1 tablespoon chopped onion; 60 g (2 oz) unsalted butter; 1 chicken, weighing 1.8 kg (3 lb 10 oz); 3 tablespoons oil; bouquet garni; 220 g (7 oz) chicken wings

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Chicken

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1997

About

Roast chicken is an all-time favourite with many families—the tantalising smell, crisp golden skin and snowy-white flesh all add up to a traditional Sunday lunch. Use free-range for a wonderful rich flavour.

Ingredients

1 chicken, weighing 1.8 kg (3 lb 10 oz)

Lunch
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to moderately hot 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Truss the chicken for roasting by following the method in the Chef’s techniques. Coat the bottom of a roasting tin with a tablespoon of oil. Season the chicken and ru