Roast Chicken
A whole chicken rubbed with garlic, paprika and savory and roasted on a bed of onions with a splash of white wine, basted until the skin crackles and the onions soften into a sweet, sticky sauce.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (about 1.6 kg)
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tsp dried savory
- 1 tsp black pepper, ground
- 2 tsp salt
- 3 medium onions, cut into thick rings
- 1 lemon, halved
- 150 ml dry white wine
- 100 ml hot water
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 984 kcal · P 40.6g · C 59.5g · F 56.8g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Take the chicken out of the fridge 30 minutes before roasting and pat it completely dry with kitchen paper — only dry skin crisps.
- 2Heat the oven to 200°C. Mix the garlic, oil, paprika, savory, pepper and salt into a paste.
- 3Loosen the skin over the breast with your fingers and push a third of the paste underneath, then rub the rest over the outside and inside the cavity.
- 4Put the lemon halves into the cavity and tie the legs together with kitchen twine.
- 5Spread the onion rings in a roasting tin, set the chicken on top, breast up, and pour the wine and hot water around it.
- 6Roast for 30 minutes, then lower the heat to 180°C and roast for 40–50 minutes more, basting with the tin juices every 20 minutes, until the skin is deep golden and the juices run clear when the thickest part of the thigh is pierced (75°C on a thermometer).
- 7Rest the chicken for 15 minutes under loose foil, so the juices settle back into the meat instead of running onto the board.
- 8Carve and serve with the soft onions, spooning the juices from the tin over the meat.
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Questions and answers
How long does Roast Chicken take to make?
About 120 minutes: 40 min prep and 80 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Roast Chicken?
11 ingredients: whole chicken, garlic, sunflower oil, sweet paprika, dried savory, black pepper, salt, onions, lemon, dry white wine, hot water.
How many servings does this Roast Chicken recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Roast Chicken?
About 246 kcal, with 10.2 g protein, 14.9 g carbohydrate and 14.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Roast Chicken recipe suit?
It is gluten-free and dairy-free.
What cuisine is Roast Chicken?
Roast Chicken comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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