Total time · 90 min
Roast Grain-Fed Chicken with Salted Herbs
A Quebec-style roast grain-fed chicken with salted herbs that highlights Chicken (about 1.8 kg) and Salted herbs.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 65 min
- Servings
- 4
Indicative estimates
- Energy per serving
- ~5 kcal per serving partial estimate
- Ingredient value
- ~$1.43 partial estimate; 5 of 7 ingredients estimated
Ingredients
- 1 piece Chicken (about 1.8 kg)
- 3 tbsp Salted herbs
- 50 g Butter (softened)
- 1 piece Lemon (halved)
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 4 sprigs Thyme
- to taste Pepper
Directions
- 6 min
Mix the softened butter with half the salted herbs and some pepper.
- 10 min
Slip this seasoned butter under the chicken's skin, rub the outside with the remaining salted herbs and fill the cavity with the lemon, garlic and thyme.
- 6 min
Preheat the oven to 400 °F (400 °F (200 °C)), truss the chicken and place it in a roasting pan.
- 58 min
Roast the chicken, basting it with its juices a few times, until the skin is golden and crisp and the juices run clear; Check that the internal temperature reaches 165 °F (74 °C).
- 10 min
Let the chicken rest, covered with foil, before carving it and serving it with its juices.