Preparation
Slice the onions. Halve the garlic bulbs horizontally.
And the rest...
- 1 Heat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7 (200°C for fan ovens). Remove any string from the chicken and put it on a board.
- 2 Zest the lemon, then cut it in half. Squeeze the juice from one half into a bowl, then add the zest and olive oil.
- 3 Squeeze the juice from the remaining lemon into the cavity of the chicken.
- 4 Rub the lemon and oil mixture over the chicken; season well.
- 5 Chop the leaves from a sprig of rosemary and place in the cavity of the chicken, along with one half of the squeezed lemon.
- 6 Scatter the onions in the base of a medium roasting tin and sit the chicken on top.
- 7 Strip the leaves from the remaining sprig of rosemary and scatter over the chicken.
- 8 Pour the wine around the chicken, then add the halved bulbs of garlic to the tin.
- 9 Roast for 20 minutes, then reduce the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4 (160°C for fan ovens).
- 10 Cook for a further 40-50 minutes or until the juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into the thickest part of the thigh.
- 11 Rest the chicken for at least 20 minutes before carving it.
And the rest...
- Average per serving
- Calories 320.0kCal
- Fat15.6g
- Saturated4.0g
- Salt0.39g
- Carbohydrates
- Sugarg
- Proteing
- Fibreg