Roast Chicken

jezsoup · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:01

So tonight I offered to cook, Ive bought 2 small-medium chickens for the family plus a few family friends. Any oen got any suggesions for soemthing to make it a bit different?

Ive seen this roast on the BBC and quite like the idea of that at the minute.

Mr Mag00 · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:03

stuff with a couple of cut lemons and garlic and roast upside down so juices run into breasts. either slow roast or hard fast short roast on high heat ensuring meat is cooked obviuosly=crunchy skin mMMMm. Or controversial, if good local organic chicken a plain roast is great

jezsoup · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:06

Ive got a couple of nice chickens from a localish farm 1.3Kg each I was considering doing them bother differently, 1 just plain roast with salt and pepper.

penski · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:07

Stuff each with a large, sweet onion cut into quarters and a large, sweet lemon cut in half. Pack in half a dozen large garlic cloves and roast upside down.

For the last ten minutes, turn it back over and sprinkle finely chopped parsely, sage and rosemary (no thyme!

) on the skin, and turn the heat up to get a crispy finish.

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Mr Mag00 · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:09

my mouth is watering mmmm

Glaucus · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:09

No ideas for the chicken, however if you have to go back to the shop pick up a Butternut Squash.

Pele it, cut it into 1 1/2inch cubes. drizzle with oil, garlic salt(or just salt) and pepper, then roast for the same amount of time you would parsnips. Its absolutely delicious and different

jezsoup · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:19

penski said:
Stuff each with a large, sweet onion cut into quarters and a large, sweet lemon cut in half. Pack in half a dozen large garlic cloves and roast upside down.

For the last ten minutes, turn it back over and sprinkle finely chopped parsely, sage and rosemary (no thyme! ) on the skin, and turn the heat up to get a crispy finish.

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That does sounds rather good does that! I think Ill be giving that a go!

jezsoup · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:20

AcidHell2 said:
No ideas for the chicken, however if you have to go back to the shop pick up a Butternut Squash.

Pele it, cut it into 1 1/2inch cubes. drizzle with oil, garlic salt(or just salt) and pepper, then roast for the same amount of time you would parsnips. Its absolutely delicious and different

Ive never tried these at all Im interested! What do they taste like when roasted, sohuld they be roasted with anything?

penski · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:20

Oh and proper, starchy, crumbly, crispy roast potatoes too...

...And bread sauce...

...And NO VEG.

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jezsoup · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:26

penski said:
Oh and proper, starchy, crumbly, crispy roast potatoes too...

...And bread sauce...

...And NO VEG.

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ick not a fan of bread sauce! But I do quite like my honey roast carrots/parsnips, got to be good honey though.

Glaucus · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:28

jezsoup said:
Ive never tried these at all Im interested! What do they taste like when roasted, sohuld they be roasted with anything?

a bit like sweet potato, but softer, sweeter and taste a hell of a lot nicer and extremley good for you being a sqaush. Nope just salt and pepper, some people chuck a few garlic cloves in but I don't think they need it. I usually just chuck them in the same pan as the parsnips. I love the stuff no roast should be without it, Deff worth a try.

alexakasloth · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:40

penski said:
Oh and proper, starchy, crumbly, crispy roast potatoes too...

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Bash the hell out of them, did it recently and they are the best potatoes i've ever had, just bashed them up a bit with some seasoning!

Cybermyk · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:51

I'd stuff one with paxo and cover with butter and bacon for the traditionalists and the other an orange sliced up, an onion in chunks and some thyme. Throw a few crushed cloves of garlic in but take it out for the last half hour of cooking so it doesn't burn and go bitter.

I'd do some corn on the cob with it (easy and cheap at the moment) and a mix of mash and roasties with gravy.

Noxis · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:51

For the love of god people NO GARLIC. Unless you no the dietry requirements of every single person I wouldnt do this otherwise you cook a meal that one or more people wont be able to eat.

Garlic is evil and wrong. FACT.

Lemon chicken is t3h pwn tho.

penski · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:53

Noxis said:
For the love of god people NO GARLIC.

Garlic is evil and wrong. FACT.

What kind of crazy idiot are you?!

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Noxis · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:54

penski said:
What kind of crazy idiot are you?!

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I person with taste buds that likes to taste the meal not a seasoning. Also a person that doesnt like to reek days laters and actually sweat such a disgusting smell.

Glaucus · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:55

Noxis said:
I person with taste buds that likes to taste the meal not a seasoning. Also a person that doesnt like to reek days laters and actually sweat such a disgusting smell.

But if you roast garlic, it becomes very subtle sweet flavour.

penski · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:56

Noxis said:
I person with taste buds that likes to taste the meal not a seasoning. Also a person that doesnt like to reek days laters and actually sweat such a disgusting smell.

If you can't taste the meal, the chef can't use garlic Correctly.

If you reek days later, you can't wash correctly.

If you sweat garlic, you really need to see a doctor.

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Noxis · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:56

AcidHell2 said:
But if you roast garlic, it becomes very subtle sweet flavour.

Garlic is garlic and has no place in a traditional british roast dinner. (IMO it has no place in any food).

penski · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:57

Noxis said:
Garlic is garlic and has no place in a traditional british roast dinner. (IMO it has no place in any food).

Why not? It's a traditional, British foodstuff.

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