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Roast chicken with kiev butter

Name: Roast chicken with kiev butter
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Ingredients: whole chicken 1.5kg; oil for drizzling; unsalted butter 150g, softened; garlic 5 cloves, crushed; flat-leaf parsley ½ a small bunch; lemon ½, juiced; black peppercorns ground to make ¼ tsp

1 hour 15 minutes + resting
serves 4
Easy

Smother a whole chicken in garlicky, lemony butter and roast for an easy, flavour-packed family meal

By Adam Bush

Published: August 17, 2019 at 12:02 pm

Try this twist on a roast chicken, then check out our classic roast chicken and chicken kiev

*This recipe is gluten-free according to industry standards

Ingredients

whole chicken 1.5kg
oil for drizzling

KIEV BUTTER

unsalted butter 150g, softened
garlic 5 cloves, crushed
flat-leaf parsley ½ a small bunch
lemon ½, juiced
black peppercorns ground to make ¼ tsp

Method

Step 1

Put all of the ingredients for the butter into a food processor with some salt and whizz until smooth.
Step 2

Use your hands to make a pocket for the butter by gently prying the skin away from the meat, starting from the neck end. Push the butter underneath the skin in a thick, even layer. Generously season the outside of the chicken and drizzle with a little oil. Leave covered at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Step 3

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the chicken into a roasting tin and cook for 1 hour 15 minutes, basting twice during cooking, or until the juices run clear when pierced at the thickest point. Move onto a plate and cover with foil. Rest for 20 minutes then serve with the resting juices and butter.