Name: Crispy Chicken And Roasted Crushed New Potatoes Recipe
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 1 large free-range chicken, around 2.5kg, jointed; olive oil; juice of 2 lemons; large garlic bulb, cloves separated, unpeeled; 200ml white wine; lemon wedges, to serve; bunch fresh thyme; new potatoes

By Woman and Home

published 1 April 2016

Method

Heat the oven to 200C, gas 6. Put the chicken pieces in a large bowl and toss in a little oil and the lemon juice and lots of salt and pepper. Put into a big roasting tin - you don’t want to crowd it or it won’t crisp up all over. Tuck under the garlic and thyme. Pour the wine around it.
Roast for 1 hour - check halfway through as you may need to move the pieces around. Serve on a platter, season again and add lemon wedges, zest, a little more olive oil and fresh thyme leaves.
For the roasted crushed new potatoes, steam them until just tender, lightly crush with a fork then put in a roasting tin and add a good slug of olive oil and some sea salt. Toss well, roast for 40 minutes with the chicken and serve with deep-fried sage leaves - fry in a shallow pan with hot oil for a few seconds.