Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken
Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken for dinner on Sweet Caramel Sunday!This lemon and garlic roast chicken will bring new and zesty flavours to your table!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time50 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian, International
Keyword: chicken dinner, roast chicken
Servings: 5
Calories: 860kcal
Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken
- 1 chicken
- 4 lemons
- 4 garlic bulbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup water at room temperature
- 2 cups quinoa
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 440 grams cannelloni beans
- 2 shallots thinly sliced
- 250 grams grape tomatoes
Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, fan bake
Take the chicken out of the packaging, rinse and lay on chopping board breast side down
Take kitchen scissors and cut along eat side of the back bone and discard
Place a few knobs of butter under chicken breast skin, then sprinkle chicken all over with salt and pepper, following this with the oil
Cut the lemons and garlic in halves and arrange around a foil lined baking tray
Pour the water into the tray, transfer to oven and cook for 50 mins until the skin turns a nice shade of golden brown
For the quinoa, take 2 cups of dry quinoa and add to a saucepan with 4 cups of stock, boil the stock until it is fully absorbed by the grain
Serve chicken on a bed of the quinoa with chopped grape tomatoes and slices shallots, add lemons and garlic from the baking tray.
Calories: 860kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 584mg | Potassium: 1306mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 650IU | Vitamin C: 57.7mg | Calcium: 109mg | Iron: 7.9mg