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Oven Baked Chicken

A recipe to prepare, not quite a ragout, a meal for the new year (2018 - 2019). Chicken was bought at the local semi-traditional market, and I looked up this recipe here.

[Roast Chicken Recipe]
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What goes in oven roasted chicken?
  • Olive oil
  • A touch of lemon
  • A hint of dry white wine (optional, but adds so much flavour to the meat while keeping it so juicy)
  • Rosemary
  • Parsley
When we roast a bird, we don’t do it with just a sprinkling of salt. No no no…we do it FLAVOUR. There is so much of it in this chicken that beats any restaurant chicken.
Easy to find ingredients you have in your fridge or pantry.

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Some slight alterations, i.e. not following directions, such as eliminating butter, olive oil, lemon, white wine, rosemary and parsley. What's in it you might ask? Salt, pepper, garlic (yum!), some key oils and sauces. Baked in the oven 250 degC for approximately 20 minutes then at 175 degC for the remaining time for a total of an hour and a half and it's juicy beyond belief.
Roasted chicken with apples, onions and loads of yum!!

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