French Roast Chicken Recipe 435

FRENCH ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Sprinkle the inside of the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt, and then smear in 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• Truss and dry the chicken, and rub the skin with the other half of the butter.
• Baste: Melt butter in a small saucepan with cooking oil.
• Leave on stovetop with a basting brush for later use.
• Back to the chicken: Place the chicken, breast side up, in a shallow small roasting pan.
• Scatter the veggies around it, and set it on the rack in the preheated oven.
• Allow the chicken to brown slightly for 15 minutes, turning on the left side after 5 minutes, then onto the right side for the last 5 minutes.
• Baste with butter quickly after each turn so that the oven does not lose a lot of heat.
• Reduce heat to 350.
• Leave chicken on its side, baste every 8 to 10 minutes, using the butter in the bottom of the roasting pan once you have used up all of the baste in your bowl.
• Watch and adjust oven heat so that the chicken is noisy, but fat is not burning.
• Halfway through estimated roasting time (which is 70-80 minutes; so after about 35 minutes), salt the chicken and turn it onto its other side.
• Continue to baste regularly.
• 15 minutes before end of estimated roasting time, salt again and flip chicken breast side up.
• Continue to baste regularly.
• Chicken will be done when drumstick moves easily in socket and juices run a clear yellow.
• Let sit on a platter 5 to 10 minutes before carving.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the roasting pan.
• Stir in shallot or onion and cook slowly for 1 minute.
• Add stock and boil rapidly over high heat, scraping up bits that are stuck in the pan witha wooden spoon.
• reduce to about 1/2 cup.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Off heat just before serving, swirl in the last 1 to 2 tablespoons butter by bits until it is absorbed.
• Pour a spoon of the sauce onto the chicken, then pour the rest into a gravy boat and serve with the chicken.

FRENCH ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Warm up your chicken stock.
• Pre-heat your oven to 150°C.
• Place the chicken in an oven dish and "paint" it with mustard. Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Place thyme in and on the chicken. Pour a ladle of chicken stock in the dish.
• Cook in the oven as per below:After 15 mn: pour some stock over the chickenAfter 30 mn: pour some stock After 45 mn: pour some stock + turn it up side down + add little potatoes and/or sliced carrots around the chickenAfter 1 hour: pour some stock After 1 h 15 mn : pour some stock After 1 h 30 mn : turn the chicken back in its initial position and finish cooking until golden.
• Enjoy!

POULET ROTI (ROAST CHICKEN FRENCH-STYLE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. If you're going to add the herbs on top: remove the leaves from the thyme, rosemary and sage. Use a sharp knife to mince these herbs into fine pieces. Use your knife to mince the garlic clove as well before combining the minced garlic and minced herbs together. Temporarily set aside next to your cut up lemon quarters. If you're using whole herbs, simple preheat your oven and skip the rest of this step.
• Rinse and remove any giblets from the inside of the chicken. Thoroughly pat dry the chicken using paper towels.
• Drizzle olive oil over (or melted butter) over the chicken, using your hand to rub the oil all over the surface of the chicken (including its wings and legs). Flip the chicken over and repeat on the backside.
• Sprinkle 3/4 salt tsp all over the breast side of the chicken, including its wings and legs. Then sprinkle 1/4 tsp salt into the inside cavity of the chicken, before flipping the chicken over and sprinkling another 1/2 tsp of salt all over the backside of the chicken.
• Grind some fresh ground pepper over the backside of the chicken, then flip it over and grind some pepper over the breast side.
• Gently stuff the inside cavity of the chicken with the lemon quarters. If using minced herbs, cover the breast side (including legs and wings) of the chicken with the herb/garlic mixture. If using whole herbs, simply place the herbs and garlic clove in the inside cavity of the chicken as well. If you're stuffing the chicken with herbs, you can use twine to tie the chicken legs together to keep the cavity shut (optional).
• Grab a 9" by 11" baking dish and slightly grease the bottom of the dish with some oil or butter. Place the chicken into the dish (breast-side facing up), and place in the oven to bake.
• Bake the chicken for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 375°F or until a food thermometer reads 165°F when inserted in the thigh area and breast area. Loosely cover the chicken with a sheet of foil and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

FRENCH ROAST CHICKEN WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 385F. Put your roasting pan into the oven.
• Order is important. Put the thyme and rosemary into the cavity, followed by the 1/2 lemon and finally the 1/2 onion. Tie the legs together with butcher's twine (look closely in the picture). Rub the chicken with olive oil and then season generously with salt and pepper.
• Place the chicken in the hot pan - it should sizzle - and put it in the oven for 5 minutes. This will prevent the bird from sticking. Remove the pan from the oven and pour 1/2 cup white wine around the chicken. It should sizzle again.
• Return to oven and roast until you hit an internal temperature of 165F in the breast, 175F in the thigh - 45 to 55 minutes. Baste the bird at around the 25 minute mark - just spoon some fat out of the pan and over the bird.
• When you hit temp, pull the chicken from the oven and then transfer it to a cutting board.
• Spoon off all but about 1-2 Tbsp of fat from the pan, taking care only to remove clear fat. Anything liquid with colour is flavour. You want that. You also want all those wonderful brown bits in the bottom of the pan. That's called fond and it's about the best thing you can put into a sauce.
• Heat the pan over medium heat. When it starts to sizzle, add the remaining 1/2 cup of wine. Boil it down, scraping constantly to dissolve the fond, until it's a wonderful sticky glaze. Add the chicken stock and concentrated chicken stock (this puts it over the top) and reduce by about half.
• Once the chicken has rested around 15 minutes carve into quarters (whole legs plus a boneless chicken breast picking up the wing). If this doesn't make sense, google "chicken supreme" images. Same thing except keep the whole wing. Pour any accumulated juices back into your sauce (more flavour), re-heat the sauce if necessary and serve.

FRENCH HERB ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash and dry your bird, place in a roasting pan.
• Mix all the seasonings in a small dish.
• Slip your finger under the skin of the chicken to make pockets, then pich some herbs between your fingers and rub it under the skin. be sure you get around the legs too.
• With any seasonings left, sprinkle them inside the chicken cavity.
• Quarter a lemon and stuff inside the chicken. (optional).
• Roast at 375* for 1 1/2 hours or until the chicken juices run clear and the leg easily pulls away from the chicken.
• If it starts to look overly brown, tent a piece of foil over it.
• The drippings reduce nicely for gravy.

MARY BERRY'S FRENCH ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put the bunch of herbs and 30g (1oz) of the butter into the cavity of the chicken. Tie the legs together with string. Weigh the chicken and calculate the roasting time at 20 minutes per 500g (1lb), plus an extra 20 minutes. Rub the remaining butter all over the chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put the chicken, breast-side down, into a small roasting tin. Pour the stock into the bottom of the tin, and cover the chicken with buttered greaseproof paper or foil. Roast in a preheated oven at 190°C (170°C fan, Gas 5) for the calculated time. At regular intervals, baste the chicken and turn it first on to one side, then on to the other, and finally on to its back. Check that the chicken is done, then transfer to a warmed serving platter, and cover with foil. Leave the chicken to rest for about 15 minutes, then carve and serve with the cooking juices, boiled in the roasting tin with some red or white wine, and the roasted garlic. ROASTING GARLIC METHOD Cut the stalk ends off 4 heads of garlic, arrange in an oiled baking dish, and drizzle a little olive oil over the tops. Cook in a preheated oven at 190°C (170°C fan, Gas 5) for 45-60 minutes. To eat, squeeze the soft cloves of garlic from the papery skins. Cals per serving: 433 CREDIT: Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook is published by DK, 7 September 2017, £30.00.

FRENCH ROAST CHICKEN RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425. Melt 1 tbsp. of butter in a medium skillet. Add diced carrots, celery and onions and cook over moderate heat until softened, stir in thyme 2.Wash the chicken rapidly inside and out with hot water and pat thoroughly dry with paper towels. Salt and Pepper the cavity and stuff with the diced vegetables, lemon slices, parsley stems and celery leaves Massage the chicken all over with one tbsp. of butter and tie drumsticks together 3. Place chicken in a roasting pan. Salt and pepper the outside of the chicken and dust with paprika and Roast Chicken for 20 minutes at 450 4. Turn oven temperature down to 350.Brush chicken with remaining 1/2 tbsp. of butter, scattered onions and baby carrots around chicken, pour the chicken stock over vegetables 5. Place timer on for 40 minutes, at that time, brush chicken with lemon juice, add 1/2 cup chicken stock or water if vegetables are dry to prevent burning 6. Place timer on for additional 20 minutes, check chicken- instant- read thermometer should read 165.Total cooking time ranges between 1hr 15 minutes to 1hr 30 minutes depending on size of chicken. 7. place chicken on carving board and let rest for 15 minutes before carving 8. Strain the pan juices and serve with the chicken and vegetables

PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse the chicken inside and out. Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers and pat the outside dry. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken. Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, both halves of lemon, and all the garlic. Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. Place the onions, carrots, and fennel in a roasting pan. Toss with salt, pepper, 20 sprigs of thyme, and olive oil. Spread around the bottom of the roasting pan and place the chicken on top.
• Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh. Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes. Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables.