The FARMacist

Roast Chicken and vegetables


Prep Time

20 minutes

Prep Notes

Cooking Time

1.5 hours

Yields

4-5 people

Ingredients

  • 1 Chicken
  • 1 whole garlic bulb
  • 1 big lemon
  • 2 sprigs of thyme or rosemary
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil (2 for chicken and 2 for vegetables)
  • 4-5 medium potatoes
  • 4-5 medium carrots
  • 1 bulb fennel or onion
  • Sea salt and black pepper

Directions

Clean the chicken with sea salt and vinegar. Wash with cold water and leave in a colander to drain. Season with salt and pepper from inside and outside, massage with 1 tbsp olive oil or butter from the outside then add the following inside the chicken:


  • 1 whole garlic head cut in half from the center (to split the garlic cloves). No need to peel

  • 2 sprigs of thyme or rosemary

  • 1 big lemon cut in half or quarter


Cross the thighs and put the chicken in a pyrex dish (or clay).


Prepare the following vegetables by peeling and cutting into same size pieces

  • Fennel, carrots and potatoes

  • OR Onion, carrots and potatoes


Add 2-3 tbsp olive oil, salt and pepper and combine with your hands in a bowl then add to the pyrex.


Add to a preheated oven (225 degrees C) for 1.5 hours or until you put a fork in the thigh and the liquid comes out clear. No need to cover.

*This recipe can be prepared one day ahead and kept covered in the fridge.