ESSENTIALS Classic roast chicken with lemons and thyme recipe

ESSENTIALS Classic roast chicken with lemons and thyme recipe

Serves 5/6 persons

Preparation time : 15 minutes

Cooking time : 1h30

 

INGREDIENTS

- 1 large Red Label chicken of 1.5 kg or organic chicken

- 3 tbsp olive oil

- 1 candied lemon

- 2 lemons

- 2 sweet potatoes

- 1 bunch of carrots

- 1 bunch of fresh thyme

- 2 cloves garlic

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.

2. In a large oven dish, place the chicken. Cut the candied lemon into slices about 1 cm thick and cut them into 4, distribute them around the chicken. Cut the fresh lemons into 4 quarters, put inside the chicken 3 sprigs of thyme and 1/4 of the fresh lemons and the rest around the chicken in the oven dish.

3. Crush the 2 cloves of garlic under the blade of a large knife. Wash the vegetables. Peel them, cut them into pieces, add them to the dish. Sprinkle the chicken and the vegetables with olive oil, salt and pepper, add thyme. Quickly mix the vegetables with a wooden spoon so that they are well coated with the herbs and oil.

4. Put in the oven for 1h15 (for a chicken of 1.5 kg), basting regularly, if necessary add a little bit of  chicken stock. Bring the oven temperature to 200 ° C for an additional 10/15 minutes so that it gets a golden brown color. Let stand 10 minutes with aluminum foil. Enjoy !!!




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