how to roast a whole chicken?

Pink.

Hi Shelly,

Just remove it from the packaging and plonk it into your roasting tin. If you want to remove any string although it's fine to roast it with it trussed up and won't do any harm but do check that there are no giblets in there.....usually in a plastic bag in the main cavity.

This thread should tell you all that you need to know:

how to roast a whole chicken?

Good luck and enjoy!

Pink

Fruball

You can cook it as simply or elaborately as you wish

An onion shoved inside adds flavour and keeps it nice and moist Or

A lemon (pricked all over with a fork) and a few garlic cloves

I love to pop 4 or 5 bay leaves in mine... but I am a bay leaf addict

(I have cooked chickens with the elastic still on, and also with the absorbent pad on the bottom :rotfl::rotfl: We still ate it and it was fine

crazyguy

Frugal wrote: »

You can cook it as simply or elaborately as you wish

An onion shoved inside adds flavour and keeps it nice and moist Or

A lemon (pricked all over with a fork) and a few garlic cloves

I love to pop 4 or 5 bay leaves in mine... but I am a bay leaf addict

(I have cooked chickens with the elastic still on, and also with the absorbent pad on the bottom :rotfl::rotfl: We still ate it and it was fine

I did wonder why they put nappies on chickens and in mince meet this one has puzzled me for a long time, I mean they are hardly going to go to the toilet now !

shelley_crow

Thank you all, I wouldn't have given the strings or checking for giblets a second thought, I'm so glad I posted!x

Fruball

crazyguy wrote: »

I did wonder why they put nappies on chickens and in mince meet this one has puzzled me for a long time, I mean they are hardly going to go to the toilet now !

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Maryland_Cookie

Did you enjoy your Chicken Shelly? It's much more MSE to buy a whole chicken. I keep thinking I will buy a whole one and joint it, but not been brave enough yet!!

CH27

I put some tarragon on the base the roasting tin & sit the chicken on top of it.
It gives a lovely flavour.

notatvstar

I use a Delia cheat.

After checking for giblets and removing elastic bands etc, rub all over with olive oil and season like you've gone insane. I roast at gas mark 5-6 (depends on size) and I roast for the first half, breast side down (bear with with me...). Halfway through the cooking time, I turn the bird the right way up and finish it off like that for the remainder of the cooking time.

I that way all the juices dribble down to breast for the first half, and you don't have to baste. Also it means the back of the chicken doesn't get too soggy and you get crispy skin all over.

This may increase the cooking time but only a wee bit... I just cook by eye (I pierce the meat just at the thigh and see if the juice runs clear when I think it's done).

Good luck with the roast!

notatvstar

Frugal wrote: »

(I have cooked chickens with the elastic still on, and also with the absorbent pad on the bottom :rotfl::rotfl: We still ate it and it was fine

... loving that btw... :rotfl::T:rotfl:

snap. But I had to hide the evidence from my OH or I would had never heard the end of it.

Mrs_Arcanum

Always shove a few slices of streaky bacon over ours. We had Chicken yesterday too. £3.25 form Lidl stuffed with 15p stuffing from Sainsbury's. Risotto today with the remainder. If I use stuffing I leave the elastic on. It is perfectly suitable for roasting as this is what it is for.