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Best Roast Chicken Recipe - perfection!

A delicious moist and flavoursome roast chicken, it's so easy
Course Main
Cuisine English
Keyword chicken, Easter, How to roast a chicken, Roast chicken, Sunday dinner, Sunday roast, Thanksgiving, Whole Roast Chicken
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 6
Calories 562kcal

Ingredients

  • 1.75 Kg Large fresh Chicken or whatever size you like
  • 1 Lemon halved
  • 2 Sausages good quality herbed ones
  • 300 grams Streaky Bacon - smoked
  • Fresh rosemary
  • 15 grams Olive oil
  • Salt & Black Pepper
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6
  • Remove your chicken from it's packaging and place on a large foil covered baking tray
  • Using your fingers carefully separate the skin from the breast
  • Next skin the sausages and flatten them - slide them between the skin and the breast, should be a thin layer
  • Next criss cross the streaky bacon over the entire breast - use plenty
  • Place the halved lemon inside the chicken with some rosemary
  • Add some further rosemary between the breast and legs
  • Drizzle with olive oil and finally add some salt and black pepper
  • Cover tightly with foil
  • Cook for 1 hour (follow on pack instructions if your chicken is a different size)
  • Remove the foil and cook for a further 40 minutes
  • Once cooked (juices should run clear) remove from the oven, cover and rest for minimum 20 minutes, 30 if possible

Notes

*** All. nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Calories: 562kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 144mg | Sodium: 482mg | Potassium: 409mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 225IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 2mg