Lemon & Thyme Butter-Basted Roast Chicken (Gluten-Free) Recipe

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Lemon & Thyme Butter-Basted Roast Chicken (Gluten-Free)
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
683
Calories
Total time
16
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
  2. In a small bowl, mash the butter with one-third of the thyme leaves, the mashed garlic and the juice of half a lemon. Mix everything together. Add salt and pepper to taste as seasoning. Set aside.
  3. Use your hand to loosen the chicken skin away from the breast, then push most of the butter mix into the gap. Rub the rest of the butter all over the outside of the chicken.
  4. Stuff the cavity with the lemon halves, remaining thyme leaves and stalks, and the garlic.
  5. Scatter the chopped carrot, onion and bay leaves over the base of a small roasting tin.
  6. Sit the chicken on top, breast-side up, and roast on the middle shelf for 1 hr 30 mins, basting with the buttery juices after about 40 minutes
  7. When the chicken is dark golden, crispy-skinned and the juices run clear, remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes.
  8. Use a pair of tongs to pull the lemons, garlic and thyme out of the cavity and into the tin.
  9. Lift the chicken up, letting any juices dribble into the tin.
  10. Allow the chicken to a serving platter to rest for at least another 15 minutes.
  11. Optional- you can use the pan juices to make into a gravy if wished.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 683.24 Kcal (2861 kJ)
Calories from fat 444.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 49.39g 76%
Cholesterol 262.23mg 87%
Sodium 207.68mg 9%
Potassium 687.43mg 15%
Total Carbs 9.18g 3%
Sugars 3.53g 14%
Dietary Fiber 2.41g 10%
Protein 48.25g 97%
Vitamin C 27.9mg 47%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 14%
Iron 3mg 17%
Calcium 61.8mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 187.66 Kcal (786 kJ)
Calories from fat 122.08 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.56g 76%
Cholesterol 72.02mg 87%
Sodium 57.04mg 9%
Potassium 188.82mg 15%
Total Carbs 2.52g 3%
Sugars 0.97g 14%
Dietary Fiber 0.66g 10%
Protein 13.25g 97%
Vitamin C 7.7mg 47%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 14%
Iron 0.8mg 17%
Calcium 17mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.3
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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