Roasting to Perfection

I chanced upon this yummy roasted chicken recipe by Jamie Oliver yesterday and I discovered the secret ingredient used to make this chicken really FLAVORFUL and JUICY :D and the secret is to stuff a lemon into the chicken and allow it to cook with the chicken. The lemon juices will sip and into the meat, adding flavour to the roasted chicken. The Result: The meat will taste amazing with a tingly little lemon zest when you sink your teeth into the tender meat.

The Recipe: Roasted Chicken with Lemon
Serve: 6 people

Ingredients:
1) 1 whole chicken
2) Seasoning: salt, pepper
3) 1 lemon
4) 1 wholebulb of garlic
5) Herbs: 1 handful of thyme, 1 handful of rosemary
6) Olive oil
7) Optional: peeled potatoes

Get Cooking!

• Do this in the morning: Season and rub the chicken inside and out with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Leave the seasoned chicken in the fridge until you are ready to cook it during lunch or in the evening. This will allow the seasoning to be absorbed into the meat before cooking.
• Ready to Cook: Take the chicken out of the fridge, rub it over with olive oil.
• Boil the garlic cloves, whole lemon and potatoes (optional) for 15 mins until the potatoes can be easily poked through by a fork.
• Take the potatoes out to steam dry for 1 minute. This will make the potatoes crispy when you roast it.
• Stab the lemon around 10 times evenly before stuffing it into the chicken.
• Stuff the chicken also with garlic cloves, thyme and put the chicken on the roasting tray.
• Sprinkle some rosemary herbs on the chicken.
• If you want to roast the potatoes, lay the cut potatoes on the base of the roasting tray before placing the chicken on top of it. This will allow the chicken oil to drip down and roast the potatoes.
• Cook the chicken under 190 degree Celsius for 45 minutes. 
• How to tell if the chicken is cooked? The thigh meat pulls away from the bone easily and the juices run clear.
• To eat: You can make some mushroom sauce or simply eat the chicken to enjoy the fresh natural, succulent meat.

I hope that you guys find this recipe easy to follow! and I will soon be attempting this myself and post some pictures soon!!! :D Meanwhile, bon APPETIT! :D

Tried and Tested: 10/10

Presenting to you my very own Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Potatoes

I can't resist to try this roasted chicken recipe when my bestie invited me over to her place to cook! The chicken skin was really crispy and there isn't much fats left because it has all been oozed out during the cooking process. The chicken meat was so tender and flavorful with a tinge of refreshing lemon taste and the pototoes were browned to perfection with the chicken oil.

This is a yummy dish that you can dig in with your close friends and family and I highly recommend that you try it someday :D Hope you have a great time cooking too!!!