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Lemon and thyme butter-basted roast chicken and gravy

paul cox
22 April 2020
by paul cox
Category Recipes

Ingredients

  • 50g butter, softened
  • Bunch of fresh thyme or lemon thyme, leaves picked, stalks reserved, plus extra to serve
  • 4 garlic cloves, 1 mashed, the other 3 left whole but squashed
  • 2 lemons, halved
  • 1 chicken, about 1½ kg
  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped
  • 1 onion, roughly chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 250 ml chicken stock
  • Splash soy sauce (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. In a small bowl, mash butter with one-third of thyme leaves, mashed garlic and juice of half a lemon. Mix everything together with some seasoning and set aside.
  2. Use your hand to loosen the chicken skin away from the breast, then push most of the butter mix into the gap. Rub the rest of the butter all over the outside of the chicken, then stuff the cavity with the lemon halves, remaining thyme leaves, stalks and garlic.
  3. Scatter the chopped carrot, onion and bay leaves over the base of a small roasting tin. Sit the chicken on top, breast-side up, and roast on the middle shelf for 1 hour 30 minutes, basting with the buttery juices after about 40 minutes. When the chicken is dark golden, crispy-skinned and the juices run clear, remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes. Use a pair of tongs to pull the lemons, garlic and thyme out of the cavity, into the tin. Lift the chicken up, letting any juices dribble into the tin, and transfer the chicken to a serving platter to rest for at least another 15 minutes.
  4. To make the gravy, squeeze the juice out of the cooked lemon halves and discard the skins. Place the tin on low heat, stir in flour and sizzle until light brown. Gradually pour in the stock and cook for a few minutes. If you like darker gravy, add a splash of soy sauce to the tin. Strain the gravy into a jug and serve with the chicken.
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