Sunday, February 22, 2015

Oven-broiled rosemary and lemon spring chicken




Today, I served half a chicken with Fresh Green Salad.


Ingredients for 2-4 portions
2 spring chicken (you can also use 1 regular chicken, following quantities remain unchanged)
1 lemon
1 bouillon cube or 2 tsp bouillon powder (broth)
1 clove of garlic
3 twigs of rosemary
4 cherry tomatoes
1-2 Tbsp mustard
salt
pepper
paprika powder
olive oil

Instructions
Preheat your oven to 180°C.
Grease a baking dish large enough to fit your chicken with olive oil.
Remove elastic band from chicken (if any) and with a fork, punch some holes into the chicken's skin (this will help the fat underneath the skin to melt without the chicken drying out. You don't want to create a sieve with the chicken's skin but try to punch every area every inch and a half or so).
Peel the clove of garlic, divide it in two and repeat with the lemon (keep both whole if you use 1 regular chicken). Insert 1 piece of garlic, half a lemon, 1 tsp of bouillon powder (or half a cube) and half a twig of rosemary into each chicken's belly.
With your hands, cover the chicken with a thin layer of mustard. Place chicken in baking dish.
Add salt, pepper, and paprika to your liking. Cut remaining rosemary twigs into 2 and wrap around chicken legs.
Cut cherry tomatoes into slices and distribute on the chicken.
Broil in oven for approx. 45 min/ 1 hour.


Tip:
If you eat potatoes, you can easily peel & cut potatoes into even slices and add them to the baking dish around the chicken.

Half spring chicken contains approx. 483 kcal and 1g of carbs.

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