Perfect roast chicken with summer roasted veg recipe
We’ve given classic roast chicken a summery twist with this easy recipe. Roasted in one pan, the tender meat is flavoured with fresh rosemary and thyme and cooked with red peppers, potatoes and asparagus, giving you a sumptuous Sunday roast that tastes as good as it looks.
See method- Serves 4
- 15 mins to prepare and 1 hour 20 mins to cook
- 980 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1x Tesco organic chicken, weighing about 1.5kg
- 2 sprigs Tesco fresh rosemary
- 4 sprigs Tesco fresh thyme
- 4 tbsp Filippo Berio extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tesco lemons, halved
- 4 Tesco small red onions, peeled and quartered
- 2 Tesco garlic bulbs, halved
- 2 Tesco red peppers, halved, deseeded and sliced into thick strips
- 400g (13oz) Tesco Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and cut into 2cm (1in) chunks
- 1 x 250g Tesco asparagus bundle
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- Energy
- 4080kJ 980.0kcal
- Fat
- 64g
- Saturates
- 16g
- Salt
- 0.7g
- Sugars
- 8g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 26.3gProtein 76.7gFibre 5.5g
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Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 5, 190°C, 170°C fan. Place the chicken in a large roasting tray and season. Sprinkle over the rosemary and thyme and drizzle with 2 tbsp of the olive oil and the lemon juice.
- Scatter the red onions, red peppers and potatoes around the chicken and drizzle with the remaining olive oil. Add 100ml (3½fl oz) water and place in the oven for 1 hour 20 minutes. Baste the chicken halfway through cooking – if the vegetables look dry, add a further 100ml (3½fl oz) water to the pan and return to the oven.
- Then, 10 minutes before the chicken is ready, add the asparagus and baste with the chicken juices. Return the chicken to the oven and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until the chicken is golden and the juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into the thickest part of the leg.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and rest for 15 minutes, by covering loosely with foil. Serve with a rocket and Parmesan salad, if you like.
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