Roast Chicken

This is a recipe for incrediby tasty and crisp roast chicken - and it's very easy and fast. Total preparation time is just an hour. It's the covering of the chicken pieces with butter that makes this chicken so incredibly crispy and tasty.

Instead of roasting the chicken in the oven, you can also barbecue it - but be careful that the dripping butter doesn't start flames. Extinguish any flames on the charcoal immediately (best with beer).

Ingredients (serves four)

one whole chicken (best free range and corn fed as the run-of-the-mill chicken taste rather vile)
100 g salted butter
salt
pepper
one teaspoon sambal oelek (hot chilli)
one clove of garlic

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 200° C (400 F - gas mark 6)

Preparing the chicken
	Take off the fatty bits from inside the chicken
	Cut off the "pope's nose"
	Cut chicken in half along the back first
	Then cut in half along the breast from the inside
	Two chicken halves
	Cut off the wing
	then cut off the leg - try to cut through the middle of the joint
	Take off the bottom bit of the leg - you probably aren't too keen on eating that bit anyway
	Now cut off the remainder of the wing with a bit of breast
	Then cut off the breast
	Cut the rest in half - then repeat this with the other half of the chicken
	And that's that - 12 lovely chicken bits
The Marinade
	Press the garlic onto the butter
	... and add the Sambal Oelek. Put the butter into the oven until it starts to melt.
	salt and pepper the chicken pieces
	mix the butter and the spices until it is creamy and slightly liquid
	put some of the butter on each chicken piece
	and then rub it onto the pices with your hands.
	Make sure all the pieces are nicely covered. Now put the tray into the pre-heated oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
	The crispiest, tastiest roast chicken you ever had.
	You can also barbecue the chicken - I can't really decide which one is my favourite...

Best with ...

Roast vegetables (potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions) and a salad.

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10	Great! Pictures showing how to cut do help a lot if the WHOLE bird is a bit scary, very helpful!
10	Amazing crispy chicken. The chili mix is not hot if you are scared of chili. It is weaker than sweet chili sauce and once it is cooked you can not actually tell it is chili, you just get that delicious flavour. Fantastic recipe. Making it for the second time . I am converted!
10	not to keen on the chilli but looks really tasty,thank very much
10	very good
10	Very tasty and easy to prepare. Thanks!
8	thanks, chopping up a chicken is not too easy, i spent most of my time wrestling with it, mine is just cooking. the only thing was i couldn't get hld of the chilli you mentioned so i got a chilli source which as not thick enough so the it is more of a tastey maranade, i have a side dish of feta salad with lemon drizzle Red or white wine and roasted potatoes ad carrots,
3	more like curried chicken pieces. Whats with the pretentious comment about run of the mill chicken being rarther vile, you are covering it in garlic butter and chilli if that doesn't ruin it not a lot else will.
8	THANKYOU ! YUMO
8	what's the time that the chicken has to spend in oven pleaseNULL
10	thanks! now I know how to joint a chicken. excellent pictures and explanation. so glad I stumbled upon your website by chance. as for taking the skin off... how daft is thatNULL enjoy the recipe as it is, just not too often if you are worried about the fat content.
10	very delicious receipe, :)
10	Chicken
8	looks very nice and easy to cook...
9	Love the details - the step by step on cutting up the chicken. Haven't tried the recipe, but the instructions are great.
10	nice one
9	fantastic! great simple steps, photos are a great help too
10	excellent! making chicken couldn't be easier!
10	by far the best roast chicken recipe i have ever tried! i havent tried another one since.
10	very clear recipe. Ihanks!
10	tried it loved it easy to follow recipe with the bonus of pictures for every stage
10	at first the chicken looked nasty but when I saw the last part it looked good.
10	fantastic, superb avery easy recepie with hands on ingredients
10	I love it!
9	Don't have all the ingredients but substituting the chilli for wholegrain mustard. Excellent presentation, thanks!!
10	Beautiful dish, my kids love it! Evan
10	this recipe is amazing! i bought a whole chicken to make roast chicken but was too scared to cook it whole, being an amateur cook, but the step by step guide on how to cut up a chicken and the recipe that followed was incredible! i didnt have sambal oelek so i substituted it for a different variation of it.. something i got from back home in malaysia..a paste used for making fried rice, and it turned out great..if i may say so myself! THX!!
10	thanks for the pictures realy helps a lot
10	Well described, showing pictures at every stage is very helpful.
10	just tried it :-) Lovely.
8	it is verry confusing- the instructions
10	I'm dripping spittle......
10	Excellent
10	absolutely delicious!
9	yup ^.^ it's nicee..
10	yes very good
10	they where fab I have never put hot chilli in with garlic butter before but this is a recipe to keep on the fridge thanks Pauline Bulgaria
9	Very well described, looks good might try it next time. Dont have all your ingredints.
10	I was looking for a good recipie and found one, thankyou. Really well explained and easy to understand.
2	how faty is that chicken... how about you take the skin off
10	definitely looks scrumptious. i myself would prefer to purchase the chicken already cut up--that would save even more time. would any chili sauce work? overall--very well presented. Many thanks!
10	this looks really beautiful and i am sure that the taste will also nice ... thanks for this very useful recipe ....
10	I could say this is the best recipe for cooking chicken. photos are wonderful to make me understood as my English is not so good to understand long and difficult recipes.
10	Tasty :P!
10	very well described
8	very clear photo instructions-helpful
10	Great thanks.
5	its look alright
8	damn easy.....
10	Im in the middle of cooking it now, cant wait to eat it!! Emily Scotland
10	beautiful looking chicken, love the way this must taste. Thank you.

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Roast Chicken

Ingredients (serves four)

Preparation

Preparing the chicken

The Marinade

Best with ...