It's that time of the month again, yes, time to change bedsheets! I make it a point to change my bedsheets fortnightly because we've got a dog that sheds 365 days a year. Though we're only a family of 5, we've got 8 pillows and 4 bolsters. It is indeed a chore to change these frequently.
If you have been following my blog, you know I like to involve my children in my baking. In addition, I get them to help out in simple household chores too.
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I bought a frozen bird last week and I cooked it for our dinner. The important thing about roasting chicken is to PAT PAT PAT the chicken really dry to get a nice crispy skin.
Rubbed some sea salt onto the chicken, sprinkled with mixed herbs and fresh ground black pepper.
This should go well with lemon but I ran out of it. Made a trip to the local supermarket to buy some but the shelves were empty! Not a single lemon to be seen! Doesn't matter, we just make do with the dried herbs, salt and pepper, it still tasted great.
Mixed Herbs Roast Chicken
Ingredients
1kg chicken1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into wedges
Sea salt
Dried mixed herbs
Ground black pepper
Garlic
Butter/olive oil
Method
- Wash, clean and pat the chicken dry with paper towels all over, including the cavity.
- Rub sea salt all over the chicken and inside the cavity.
- Sprinkle dried mixed herbs and ground black pepper over the chicken.
- Gently separate the skin and rub the leftover mixture on your fingers onto the chicken breast.
- Marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Thaw chicken to room temperature (around 30 mins), then brush some olive oil/butter all over chicken.
- Stuff as many cloves of garlic into the cavity of the chicken.
- Line the roasting pan with aluminium foil (this is for easier clean up later).
- Toss the sweet potatoes with some salt, freshly grounded black pepper and olive oil/melted butter. Arrange the sweet potatoes and balance garlic in a single layer on the prepared pan.
- Place the chicken breast side up, on the prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven of 250C for around 40 mins. Turn the chicken over and roast for another 15 - 20 mins.
- Turn the chicken over again, breast side up, and roast for another 10 - 15 mins, or till chicken is cooked.
- Allow to cool for at least 10 mins before serving.
Note
To check if the chicken is cook thoroughly, pierce a satay stick/skewer between the drumstick and the thigh. It is cooked if the juice runs clear. If there are still streaks of blood (pink liquid), cook the chicken longer.
6 comments:
Looks yummy...making me drool....
I love roast chicken and love garlics too ! Your roast chicken looks really yummy and I'm sure your kids love it too
Look so tempting. Thank you so much for the recipe.
Jess
Your roast chicken looks really delicious :P Yummy :)
This looks good. Have been baking the same style of roast chicken. It's time for a change. Thanks for the recipe.
sooooo yummie!!!!!:)
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