Rotisserie Style Chicken
Main
Barbecue
Chicken
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients
- 1/2lemon
- 1clove garlic, bashed
- 1free-range chicken (about 1.7 kg)
- 600gpotatoes, cut into 2cm thick slices
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 2 tsppaprika
- good pinch ofcayenne
- 1 tspsalt
- ½ tspdried thyme
- 40gbutter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/Fan 130°C.
Put the lemon half and the garlic in the cavity of the chicken, then tie the legs together with cooking string.
- Mix the rub spices and seasonings together and blend them with the butter. Smother the seasoned butter all over the chicken.
Place the chicken on a bed of potatoes in a roasting tin and surround it with the remaining potatoes. Drizzle the olive oil over the potatoes.
- Roast for 2–2 1/2 hours. Baste the chicken and potatoes a few times during the cooking time. Serve immediately with the pan juices spooned over.