Summer roast chicken

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:34:04 GMT

Step 1

Remove the wishbone from the chicken

Step 2

Cover the chicken in salt inside and out and put chicken in the fridge

Step 3

After a few hours remove the chicken from the fridge, pat down and drizzle with oil all over.

Step 4

Stuff the chicken with half a lemon followed by a bunch of thyme, whole bulb of garlic and the other half of lemon

Step 5

Cook the chicken for half an hour at 250°. Test the temperature. Turn the oven down to 150° and check every 10 minutes until it reaches 70° at the thickest part. Leave the chicken to rest.

Step 6

Add tomatoes to the chicken juices and put on the job to reduce. Season the tomatoes and put in the oven.

Step 7

Once the tomatoes have cooked put them to one side and put the pan back on the hob with the juices. Add some white wine and bring the sauce together. Add some chicken stock and add the resting juices from the chicken and the tomatoes to reheat. Add some butter and melt it in. Add some of the lemon from the chicken and some chives.

Step 8

Carve the chicken and serve.

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