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Roast chicken
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Roast chicken

8 ingredients 15 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Roast chicken

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

854
Calories
42g
Protein
57g
Fat
50g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sunflower 1 oz (28g) hulled 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 unwaxed lemons
  • organic or free-range chicken , about 1.8kg/4lb
  • 6 bay leaves
  • small bunch rosemary , broken into sprigs
  • 2 whole garlic heads, cut across the middle
  • 1½kg potatoes , peeled and quartered
  • 2 tbsp sunflower, vegetable or mild olive oil
  • 50g butter , very soft

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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