Roast chicken is a great dish to serve your family and seldom gets rejected unless you serve it too often. The chicken is very easy to prepare and there are many ways to do it. Below is the normal method I use using easily available ingredients found in the kitchen.
Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
5 pips of garlic
2 small red onions
3 cm of ginger
3 tablespoons of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of sesame oil
Salt and pepper
Optional: Potatoes, carrots, celery, leek, and whole green chili
Preparation:
1. Clean the chicken and rub the skin with salt, pepper and the light soy sauce.
2. Pound the red onion, garlic and ginger into a paste. Rub the chicken with the paste. I usually put the paste under the chicken skin to ensure the flavor is absorbed into the flesh.
3. Next, rub the chicken with the sesame oil and put aside in the refrigerator to marinade for at least 5 hours.
4. Set the oven at about 465 o F and bake the chicken until it is cooked through. Before putting the chicken into the oven, I usually scrape off the onion paste first and put it inside the chicken cavity instead. The cooking time will depend on the size of the chicken and will take from 1 hour to 1.5 hours. Use a sharp knife or a fork to pierce the chicken thigh to ensure the liquid runs clear.
To make the dish more complete, you can add some vegetables like potatoes and carrots into the baking tray to cook together with the chicken.
In my haste to serve the chicken, I forgot to take a picture of the chicken when I took it out from the oven. It was my eldest son who reminded me to take a picture while I was busy cutting it up for serving and he was busy eating small bits and pieces of it. Enjoy the dish!
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