Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 200 C or 400 degrees F.
- Put all the salt into a bowl with the fennel seeds, eggs, lemon juice (save the juiced lemon skins), peppercorns and a wineglass of water and mix together.
- Crush the thyme in a pestle and mortar and add a couple good glugs of olive oil.
- Rub this flavoured oil all over your chicken, pushing any extra inside the cavity along with the parsley, garlic and squeezed lemon halves.
- You want the cavity so full that no salt will be able to get in.
- Get four long pieces of tinfoil and put them on top of each other to make a sheet around a metre square.
- Lay on a third of the salt, spreading until it is about 1/4 inch thick.
- Put your chicken on top, then pack the rest of the salt around it, making sure not to pierce the skin.
- Carefully fold up the sides of the tinfoil and scrunch it at the top.
- You can rip off any extra tinfoil.
- Place the chicken in the preheated oven and cook for two hours.
- Remove and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
- Take it to the table, rip open the tinfoil and crack the salt crust.
- It will fall apart easily and you will have a juicy chicken ready to serve.
- A nice side dish is some horseradish, mixed with creme fraiche or some homemade mayonnaise and basil.
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 1981.85 Kcal (8298 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 261.27 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 29.03g | 45% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 205.65mg | 69% | |
| Sodium | 16220.09mg | 676% | |
| Potassium | 5263.71mg | 112% | |
| Total Carbs | 422.32g | 141% | |
| Sugars | 245.67g | 983% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 48.76g | 195% | |
| Protein | 48.6g | 97% | |
| Vitamin C | 18.4mg | 31% | |
| Iron | 3.7mg | 21% | |
| Calcium | 431.9mg | 43% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 277.26 Kcal (1161 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 36.55 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 4.06g | 45% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 28.77mg | 69% | |
| Sodium | 2269.2mg | 676% | |
| Potassium | 736.4mg | 112% | |
| Total Carbs | 59.08g | 141% | |
| Sugars | 34.37g | 983% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 6.82g | 195% | |
| Protein | 6.8g | 97% | |
| Vitamin C | 2.6mg | 31% | |
| Iron | 0.5mg | 21% | |
| Calcium | 60.4mg | 43% | |
* 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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