Lemon Roast Chicken
About
Prep Time:
15 minutes (Plus lemon paste)
cook time:
45 - 60 minutes
serves:
8
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ingredients:
75 grams Butter
1 bunch Tarragon
3 tbsp Lemon Paste
8 Chicken Marylands with skin on
Preparation:
Preheat your oven to 220°C
In a food processor or similar, add the butter, lemon paste and tarragon and blitz together, if you need to loosen this as up to 1 tablespoon of olive oil
Place the chicken in pan and with your hands get the butter mixture under the skin of the chicken and ensure you’ve gotten under as much as you can
Add some flakey sea salt and olive oil to the outside of the chicken
Put the chicken in the oven and immediately reduce the heat to 180°C. Timing for this should be 20 minutes per 500g
