Ingredients
- Spinneysfood free-range whole chicken 1kg
- Spinneysfood Fine Sea Salt To cover whole chicken
- Spinneysfood Black Pepper To taste
- Spinneysfood Salted Butter 50g
- Spinneysfood Mediterranean Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 tbsp
- Garlic 4 cloves, unpeeled
- Milk 350ml
- Thyme 1 bunch
- Orange 1, peel
- Lemon 1, peel
- Spinneysfood Organic Natural Honey 2 tbsp
- Chilli flakes 1 tsp
Given the cook-at-home nature of Spinneys and natural variations in ingredients, nutritional information is approximated."
Milk and honey roast chicken
Mediterranean 15 Mins Prep · 75 Mins Cook
- Season the chicken generously with salt and leave uncovered in the refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4.
- Heat the olive oil and butter in a deep roasting pan and brown the chicken on all sides. Remove the chicken and discard most of the fat, leaving the browned bits in the pan.
- Add the milk, garlic, thyme, citrus peels, honey and chilli flakes. Return the chicken to the pan breast-side down.
- Roast for 1 hour, then turn the chicken breast-side up and cook for another 15 minutes until golden.
- Serve immediately.