Roast Chicken My Way - with all the Trimmings

Name: Roast Chicken My Way - with all the Trimmings
Ingredients: 1 onion; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tsp peppercorns; 1 large bunch watercress; 8 rashers smoked streaky bacon or pancetta; 8 rashers smoked streaky bacon or pancetta; 8 chipolatas; 6 slices white bread; 100 ml duck fat; 6 large Desiree potatoes; 150 g soft butter; vegetable oil, for frying; 6 small waxy potatoes (Roosevelts are my favourites); 250 ml milk; 1 x 1.75 kg chicken; 3 litres white Chicken Stock; 1 litre cold water; 1 bay leaf

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4

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Complex

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By Adam Byatt

Published 2010

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A juicy chicken, stonking roast potatoes, homemade potato crisps, aromatic bread sauce and watercress - now that’s what I call a cracking Sunday roast!

Although I know chicken prices can be high, my advice is to buy the best you can afford (I recommend Label Anglais). I always poach my chickens before roasting; this results in a more succulent and tastier bird, and although it sounds more complex, it actually shortens the overall process.

As for the roast potatoes, this is h

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