Roast Chicken

Roast chicken is always a favourite and the layer of Pesto beneath the crispy skin tastes incredible, as do the root vegetables which roast slowly in the aromatic Pesto juices.

by Sacla Pesto

Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

- 1 Whole chicken
- 600 g Vegetables
- 0.5 Lemon
- 0.75 Jar Sacla Pesto
- 2 Tbs Olive oil
- Salt & Pepper to taste

Method

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C. Weigh the chicken and calculate the cooking time, allowing 20 minutes per 450g, plus 20 minutes.

2

Peel and chop the vegetables and place in a roasting tin.

3

Push the lemon half into the chicken cavity. Use your fingers to pinch the skin around the chicken breasts to loosen it a bit, then slide your fingers under the skin, separating it from the meat all along the breast.

4

Spread half of the Pesto under the skin and add a spoonful of Pesto to the cavity also.

5

Coat the vegetables with the remaining Pesto and place the chicken on top. Drizzle some olive oil and sprinkle with some salt and pepper.

6

Roast in the oven for the calculated time. To test if the chicken is done, slice between the leg and the breast, if the juices run clear then the chicken should be cooked.

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	1	Whole Chicken
	600 g	Vegetables
	0.5	Lemon
	0.75 Jar	Sacla Pesto
	2 Tbs	Olive Oil
	0	Salt & Pepper To Taste

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