1950s roast chicken

Prep: 20mCook: 1hr 40mTotal: 2hr
Cuisine: BritishCategory: Dinner

This 1950s-style roast chicken has crisp skin, lard-roasted potatoes, sweet carrots, peas and rich Gravox gravy for a retro Sunday roast.

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1950s roast chicken

Ingredients

4
Serves
Metric

      Directions

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      Prep: 20mCook: 1hr 40mTotal: 2hr
      1. Step 1: Preheat oven to 180C fan forced (200C conventional).
      2. Step 2: Place chicken on a large oven tray and drizzle with half the lard.
      3. Step 3: Rub the lard all over the chicken.
      4. Step 4: Season well with some of the salt, rubbing top and bottom of chicken and inside the cavity.
      5. Step 5: Place lemon inside the chicken cavity.
      6. Step 6: Toss potatoes in a large bowl with remaining lard and some salt.
      7. Step 7: Place potatoes around the chicken.
      8. Step 8: Roast chicken for 40 mins, then add carrots to the tray.
      9. Step 9: Continue roasting for a further 30-40 mins, until chicken skin is golden and crisp and internal temperature reaches 65C.
      10. Step 10: Transfer chicken to a rack to rest and keep vegetables warm.
      11. Step 11: Pour roasting pan juices into a medium saucepan.
      12. Step 12: Whisk in Gravox and chicken stock over medium heat.
      13. Step 13: Cook gravy, whisking, until it starts to thicken.
      14. Step 14: Cook peas in a pan of boiling salted water for 2 mins until just tender.
      15. Step 15: Carve chicken and serve on a platter with potatoes and carrot, gravy and peas on the side.

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      A classic 1950s-style roast chicken—crispy skin, lard-roasted spuds, and sweet carrots. Served with peas and a rich Gravox gravy for the ultimate retro Sunday roast.

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      Keywords: 1950s roast chicken, Dinner, British, Chicken, Roasted, Potato, Comfort Food, Protein, roast chicken recipe, retro roast chicken dinner, classic Sunday roast chicken, roast chicken with roast potatoes, lard roasted potatoes, old fashioned roast chicken, roast chicken with gravy and peas

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