So glad to be back!!I've found a new great `stress-reliever', baking and cooking. I've been discovering new recipes every week. Its much more interesting doing my groceries these days, sourcing for different ingredients and it makes my cooking and baking just so much more fun and full of excitement. So happy with my oven grilled chicken tonight. I made honey, lemon, thyme and rosemary chicken (whole chicken) with roasted carrots. My husband loves it and enjoyed it so much :)- If you want an easy and yet, delicious meal, this a thumbs up dinner for family and friends. It is not necessary to create complicated dishes `all the time' in order to have a lovely meal for everyone. I always believe in, Less is More. It all depends on what dinner theme you have but then, you can also mix and match and be creative with your dishes. Oven roasted chicken is great to be served with pasta as the main besides the norm of green salad , potatoes and etc.
I filled the chicken cavity with sufficient of fresh rosemary and thyme and also threw in a few slices of lemon. I used really good Tuscany oil, butter, sea salt, pepper, honey, lemon juice and lemon zest (1 lemon). Ensure the amount of honey is not too much nor too little. Though in many recipes where you could google has different measurements, you could also use your own judgement. Mix all the ingredients well and marinate the chicken and covers it with a foil for a few hours in the fridge. I had a 1.2kg whole chicken which required roughly 50-55 minutes. You can garnish the chicken with lovely vegetables and roast them together. I had sweet and juicy carrots. Make sure the marinade covers the carrots in the roasting tray. Heat your oven at 200C for 10mins and grill your chicken for 25mins and turn it with its breast facing upwards, basting it with the marinade from the tray. Ensure to scoop some of the marinade into the chicken cavity. Grill for another 25mins. Its really a heaven dish! every bite has the taste of all the ingredients, Taste of the the thyme, rosemary, lemon and not overpowering honey is just so yummy. We had a lovely dinner finished off with a good South African wine.Ok gotta go!! hope to be back soon with another new recipe. ciao!
