Casserole Roast Chicken with Leeks and Bacon

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Simply Delicious: Book 1

By Darina Allen

Published 1989

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Ingredients

  • 1 × 1.56 kg/ lbs chicken (preferably free-range)
  • 225 g/8

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/regulo 4.

Cut the white part of the leeks into rounds and wash them well. Cut the rind from the bacon and cut into 1 cm/½ inch cubes.

Remove the lumps of fat from inside the vent end of the chicken. Season with salt and freshly-ground pep