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Last updated: 20 May 2010

Moist Garlic Roasted Chicken

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  • Ready in: 1 hour 40 mins
Moist Garlic Roasted Chicken
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  • Prep: 10 mins  Cook: 1 hour 30 mins
  • Serves: 6
Chicken wrapped in greaseproof paper to trap all the wonderful juices - keeps beautifully moist!

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Ingredients

1 whole (1.8kg) chicken
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 large lemon, sliced
6 cloves garlic, sliced
6 sprigs fresh thyme

Preparation method

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees C / gas mark 3.
2. Place a large sheet of greaseproof or baking parchment into the middle of a roasting tray. It should be large enough to wrap around the chicken plus plenty of extra for folding over.
3. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, stuff with half of the lemon slices and place breast side up in the middle of the paper. Sprinkle garlic slices and thyme sprigs evenly over the chicken. Lay the remaining lemon slices over the breast. Fold the paper over the chicken forming a loose parcel.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken has cooked, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the juices are no longer pink.

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  • Tweak: cookingismylife Something else:

    Instead of slicing the garlic I used a paring knife to poke holes in the breast and inserted the whole garlic cloves right in. There was a nice garlic flavour throughout the chicken. I opened up the parchment during the last 30 minutes so the chicken could brown.

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    Tweak: thecandyman Something else:

    Excellent recipe. I baked it in a roasting bag and also chopped the garlic and thyme, added it to butter, and rubbed down the chicken with it. The juices in the bottom of the bag make an excellent gravy.

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  • Review: syreeta81

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....i always make the chicken this way...and i love it its really nice and tender..and doesnt dry the meat lovely makes my mouth water already

    Posted: 13 Jul 2009 Easy

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    Review: Dom762

    Great recipe i cooked this today, was very easy to prepare and made a really moist chicken with a lovely garlic flavour. Highly reccomended.

    Posted: 12 Jul 2009 Easy

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Nutrition

  • Calories 388.3kcal
  • Protein 41.2g
  • Sugars 0.4g
  • Total Fat 22.9g
  • Saturated Fat 6.4g
  • Salt 319.2mg