Rotisserie Style Chicken
A delicious recipe for Rotisserie Style Chicken.
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
- 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.