Zola Nene

Midweek Roast Chicken Dinner

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Simply Delicious
Simply Delicious

By Zola Nene

Published 2016

  • About

Chicken is my dad’s protein of choice. He doesn’t eat any red meat and I guess his preference for chicken rubbed off on me because I eat chicken at least twice a week. This is my go-to midweek chicken recipe, as it’s quick and easy to prepare.

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 30 ml smoked paprika
  • 30 ml dried or

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C and put a large baking tray inside to preheat.
  2. Spatchcock the chicken by cutting out and discarding the backbone and pressing down on the chicken to flatten it to an even thickness.
  3. In a bowl, mix the paprika, origa