Roast Lime Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Name: Roast Lime Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 4 garlic cloves, 2 finely chopped and 2 bruised but left whole; salt and ground black pepper; 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce; 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups chicken or vegetable stock; 4 medium/large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into thick wedges; 1 lime, cut in half; 1 roasting chicken, about 1.5kg/31.4lb; 5 cm/2 in piece fresh turmeric; 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric; small bunch coriander (cilantro), with roots, coarsely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

In Thailand, this chicken would be spit roasted, as ovens are seldom used. However, it works very well as a conventional roast. The sweet potatoes are an inspired addition.

Ingredients

4 garlic cloves, 2 finely chopped and 2 bruised but left whole
small bunch coriander (cilantro), with roots, coarsely chopped

Asia
Thailand
Main course
South East Asia

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Calculate the cooking time for the chicken, allowing 20 minutes per 500g/1¼lb