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" Great recipe for a light Sunday Roast, flavour with Ginger, lime and Chilli "

Sunday Roast Chicken

Added on Wed May 28 2008

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The Basics

• Dish: Main Course
• cuisine: English
• Serves: 4
• Prep Time: 0hrs 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 1hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• ½ tsp Ginger root peeled and chopped
• 2 red chillies chopped
• 2 garlic cloves peeled
• 20g fresh coriander chopped
• 1 lime zested and juiced
• 1 (1.5- 2 kg) Whole chicken
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Method

1.Place the ginger, chilli, garlic, coriander, 1 tbsp oil, lime zest and half the juice in a food processor to make the paste.

2. Preheat the oven to 200°c.

3.Loosen the skin and breast by push your fingers gently, be careful not tp break the skin. Using a tea spoon or fingures, spread the paste over the breast meat under the skin, until covered.

3.Place the chicken in a roasting tin. Rub with the remaining oil and season. For a 1.5kg u need to cook it around 1h30 - 1h45. You can insert a fork to see if it still pinky.

Serve with roasted potatoes and green salad.