ROAST CHICKEN WITH WHOLE GARLIC, BAY & WHITE WINE

Roast chicken with whole garlic, bay & white wine image

Pack your roast full of flavour with this spring recipe using mild wet garlic, a seasonal treat

Provided by Good Food team

Time 1h50m

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 chicken about 1.5kg/3lb 5oz
8 bay leaves
50g soft butter
1 lemon , halved
4 whole heads wet garlic
½ baguette cut into 8 thin slices on the angle
1 tbsp olive oil
150ml white wine

Steps:

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Season the chicken inside and out. Loosen skin over the breast and place a bay leaf and a little butter between the skin on each breast. Add the rest of the bay leaves and the lemon to the cavity, then smear the rest of the butter all over the bird. Place in a roasting tin and cook for 45 mins. Add the garlic to the pan, baste the chicken with the buttery juices and bake in the oven for 45 mins more.
Meanwhile, lay baguette slices on a tray and drizzle with a little oil. Bake for 20 mins until golden, then remove from the oven. When the chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and leave to rest with the soft garlic.
For the gravy, pour the fat out of the tin, place the tin on the heat and splash in the wine and any juices from the chicken. Bubble and scrape up any of the sticky bits, then drain into a jug. Serve the chicken with the croutons, the jug of gravy and the garlic for squeezing over.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 593 calories, Fat 32 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 23 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 53 grams protein, Sodium 0.95 milligram of sodium