I've never roasted a chicken....top tips for first attempt please

kaya

wash chicken under sink, stuff with herbs, pierce a whole lemon a few times with a knife then put it in the microwave for a few mins untill its good and hot, stuff(hot) lemon in chicken, place in oven , drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, in a hot oven(225c) i cook all my chickens this way, it only takes 1 hour, perfectly cooked moist chicken.mmmmmm

FrugalJo

Poser wrote:

buy a chicken roasting dish it has a lid and it cooks the chicken perfectly, the chicken meat just falls of the bones quailty

We have a large terracotta chicken brick - bought from habitat years ago, makes the chicken really moist and the juices mixed with a little white wine to oven bake some rice, makes an almost nutty, rice dish.

As for 'normal' roast chicken I too use a lemon but squeeze half of it over the chicken crisps the skin and is my attempt at low fat instead of the butter or bacon option. Other half goes inside the chicken with an onion.

Jo

astonsmummy

jpwhittle wrote:

i used to always cook chicken but one day found a chicken that just didnt want to be cooked id had it in for 2hours and it was still pink and yes the cooker was switched on. i got so annoyed i vowed id never cook another chicken in my life. im only 26. but recently iv found that if i price up a fresh chicken ten add gas or electric to a supermarket cooked chicken its cheaper to buy a cooked one. most small fresh chickens are £3 but its £2.75 for a cooked one. sorry i know theres kloads of good money saving tips on here just thought id mention what i found though

This is what i used to do, but i find they are too dry, i bought 2 raw chickens for £5 in asda yesterday, so ave wacked one in my nans freezer and will use it next week

Horasio

Make sure it is thoroughly defrosted before cooking if frozen. Check there are no giblets, removed if there are.

The chicken must be cooked throughly on a medium temperature 180c/Gas 5 then blasted to brown at the end.

You can sprinkle herbs or savoury spices on before cooking to give flavour. Also, you can stuff the cavity but make sure it is thorougly cooked too.

Take the chicken out 10 minutes before carving to settle.

Enjoy:)