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.

10	i like it shakib
10	I am Sankalp, I would really love to eat it if my mom would cook...........................
8	i thout it was very good but it could put how long you put it in the oven for
10	why will I be run over by a beer truck?
8	easy to follow!
10	DELICIOUS! Great recipe and the instructions are very clear and easy to follow.
9	Good one, -1 for cutting off the "tail" - it's one of my favourite !
10	my husband was angry with me but when i served him this recipe next day he brought me a rose with whispering of: yesterday the broast was very tasty
10	Very Good Introduction Chicken Taste awesome! Compare to other Recipe site just have a load of information with take a bit of time to read! THIS ONE!!! EASY!!! Really helpful!
10	Awww! It Lookss Great! Im only 12 yrs Old but the recipe looks very easy I enjoy & Love Cooking so Im GoinGg To Try It! =D x
10	no one could possibly go wrong following this.
10	taht was the easiest recipe i ever had
10	taht was the easiest recipe i ever had
10	whoa...i am so hungry looking at that tender crispy chicken
10	family love chicken but can only buy filleted chickens,(kids hate bones) also don't like marinade,so how can i make it roasted like the restaurant's,where they clean their plates ALL the tme! Thank You in advance!
10	excellent! i tried this many times and my family loves it!
10	easiest and best chinken I've done!!!
10	This looks good , I won't need to carve a cooked chicken , I will go and give it a try .
10	Thank you
10	waw it looks great
5	nice
4	Those who eats this will soon die of heart attack how ever the roasted chicken looks yummy...!!!
10	My husband eats chicken five days a week. I will make this and not tell him about the added butter because he's a real healthy eater
9	i didn't happen to have fresh garlic, or sambal but i added a dry garlic + pepper blend to the butter, along with a pinch of cayenne pepper and the method worked beautifully. exactly 1 hr. i covered it loosely with tinfoil for about the last 20 minutes to avoid blackening bits of the crust as I'm not personally a fan, unless its from the bbq :)
10	i dont know how to cook but it sounds too easy hurray
10	Sounds yummy!
9	chicken? I like!
9	i'm living in malaysia i would like to ask, what brand of hot chili did you use? thanks!
10	very easy to follow instructions
10	very goooooooooooooooooooood
8	EXCELLENT
10	wow ....totoka wananavu .........tarava ga mai na veka .....lol
8	thanks for the pic!
9	just the thing I wanted
10	one of the best recipe presentation i've read
8	tried ur recipe. i put oyster sauce instead of the spices. my chicken tasted nice but it wasnt as crispy, probably i put too much salted butter. ><
8	sounds great - just the recipe I was looking for!!
8	Good demonstration on cutting up a chicken.
10	good
10	iloveyouinthepants
10	excellent site such an inspiration thank you so very much AA
10	different than others
9	Really yum, not as nice cold tho. zero carbs coz I used pinch garlic & chill powder, this will be a regular with salad for my lunch on Atkins. Thank you...so simple to do!!
10	Im on atkins n lookin 4 somethin different, just trying this now..will come back when done..Anne/France
9	what gas mark/temp do you have the oven onNULL
10	This was brilliant. Just what I needed as a novice cook. I am grateful that you've got this site. Thank-you
9	A very tasty recipe. i think it wil make a good meal!
10	I've never cut up a chicken without stabbing myself. This makes it look so easy, I may try it again.
9	first time we ever made roast chicken and it was lovely. beautifully succulent and moist
10	fantastic!

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Roast Chicken

Ingredients (serves four)

Preparation

Preparing the chicken

The Marinade

Best with ...