Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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This roast chicken is foolproof and fantastic. Plus, it's versatile enough for a weeknight dinner or weekend dinner party. Pat the chicken dry with kitchen paper. Pierce the lemon all over with a skewer..
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs:
- Take 1 chicken skinned and cut in half
- Get 1/2 cup salt
- Get 1/2 cup sugar
- Make ready 12 cups water
- Get 3 large lemons
- Take 1 tsp. mustard
- Make ready 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp. fresh rosemary chopped finely
- Get 1/2 tsp salt flakes
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 tbsp butter
It is definitely the most flavourful roast chicken I have ever eaten. Our whole family loves this roast chicken and if leftovers are planned I have to make two of them for sure. Boiling the lemon for the cavity is a great technique. Check out this beautiful lemon and herb roasted chicken straight out of the oven!
Steps to make Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs:
- Put the water, salt and sugar into a large pan
- Stir for a while until the salt and sugar dissolve
- And the water is clear again
- Submerge the chicken in the pan, put the lid on and store in the fridge for an hour.
- Wash and chop the herbs and grate the zest of two large lemons. Give them a good scrub beforehand if they aren't organic. Add the mustard, oil, pepper, juice of half a lemon and salt and mix well
- After an hour take the chicken out and put it on a board covered with kitchen paper. Dry it. Start to pre-heat the oven to 250°
- With a sharp knife carefully make some cuts in the chicken
- Fill the spaces with the herby paste and put the chicken on a lined baking tray or roasting dish and place it in the oven
- Put the butter and the grated zest and juice of one lemon in a small pan. Heat gently until the butter has melted
- After 10 minutes take the chicken out. Turn the oven down to 200°. Baste the chicken with the melted butter and lemon
- Baste underneath too
- Leave for about 40 minutes taking it out once or twice to baste with the juices
- When it is cooked, leave to rest on a plate while you prepare a salad or some steamed veg
- Serve and enjoy. The meat should be tasty and moist. I will definitely brine again - it makes a real difference.
- Have a nice tasty week all 😊☺
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