Rotisserie Style Chicken

Main Barbecue

Servings: 4-6

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Ingredients

• 1/2 lemon
• 1 clove garlic, bashed
• 1 free-range chicken (about 1.7 kg)
• 600g potatoes, cut into 2cm thick slices
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp paprika
• good pinch of cayenne
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp dried thyme
• 40g butter, softened

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/Fan 130°C.
2. 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.
3. 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.