Friday, January 21, 2011

Roasted chicken - rosemary, bay leaves, thyme, parsley

Roasted chicken - rosemary, bay leaves, thyme, parsley

Ingredients
(for 4)

1 whole chicken (around 1.3kg)
2 shallots
Rosemary
2 bay leaves
Thyme
Parsley
Salt and pepper
Olive oil

Instructions

Rub chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Combine rosemary, chopped bay leaves, thyme and parsley. Rub herb mixture inside the chicken. Drizzle some olive oil and the remaining herb mixture over the chicken.
Place chicken in a large roasting pan together with peeled shallots.
Bake in preheated oven (200 degrees for at least 90 minutes) until juices run clear when thigh is pierced with a fork. Drizzle chicken with juice every 20 minutes throughout baking.

Serve immediately with your favourite vegetables.

Bon appétit!

To purchase the herbs for this recipe, please contact us at herbsfromfrance@gmail.com

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