Sunday, April 3, 2011

Oven Chicken with Fennel,Young Potatoes,onions and garlic

This week i made Oven Chicken with Fennel,Young Potatoes,onions and garlic.My travels took me to london so it was my first blog challenge abroad. This is essentially roast chicken. This roast chicken is a very simple recipe with no stuffing etc. The method of cooking the chicken is completely different to any method i have used before. Again i had a few questions about ingredients but i am slowly learning more and more making my questions lesser each blog entry. This week i was cooking for family so i doubled the recipe.

1. What are shashilk onions ?? A type of onion commonly used in chicken dishes.

Ingredients

- 2 large free range chickens
- Freshly milled black pepper
- 4 tbsp fennel seeds
- 4 sprigs of rosemary
- 4 sprigs of thyme
- 4 bay leaves
- Olive oil
- 6 whole buds of garlic
- 6 Shashlik onions peeled
- 6 red onions peeled

Method

- Firstly you season the chickens by putting the fennel seeds, salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme into the inside of the chicken then you tie the chicken legs.
- Then fry the chickens in oil to make a crispy coat.
- Lay out the chickens, onions,fennel, garlic and potatoes around the chickens on a roasting tray.
- Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees.
- Put the roasting tine in the oven for one hour.
- Then remove the chickens after an hour and sit for fifteen minutes.
- Remove the chickens from the roasting dishes and fry the scallions in the cooking juice.
- Remove the fat from the sauce with a spoon.
- Carve the chicken and serve with the vegetables and sauce.

This creates a beautifully moist and flavorsome chicken. The aromas of the fennel, garlic and onions pass through the chicken making it tasty.