Tasting Notes

This dinner is for two. Done right, a roast chicken is hard to beat. This chicken is moist, juicy, with that great chicken taste. The baked potato – is rich and delish, a little bit of butter, a generous amount of sour cream, some green onions for freshness, make it Yummylicious. The pan drippings from the chicken – hearty and flavoursome.

What You Need

1 roasting chicken, about 3 pounds.

1 small lemon.

3 tablespoons butter.

Salt and pepper.

4 cups frozen peas.

1 large carrot.

2 large baking potatoes.

1 green onion.

4 tablespoons sour cream.

1 cup chicken stock.

1 cup white wine.

Equipment

1 Dutch oven.

1 small bowl.

1 small pot.

Prepare Ahead

Cut up your green onions.

Take your butter and smear it all over the outside of the chicken.

Cut your lemon in half, adding both halves into the cavity of the chicken.

Salt and pepper the chicken.

Then put your chicken into the Dutch oven and set aside.

Cut your carrot into thin slices, add to the small bowl, then add your peas. Set aside.

Take your potatoes and cut into half, with a fork prick them all over and put into a microwave safe dish, set aside.

Method

When ready to start cooking add your chicken into a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, cooking for about 40 minutes.

10 minutes before the chicken is done add your chicken stock and wine along with your carrots and peas. Mix well, make sure you get all the brown bits at the bottom of the Dutch oven, they are flavour bombs. Drain all the liquid from the chicken and pour into a small pot, heat till boiling on high heat on your stove top. Once boiling reduce heat to simmer, the sauce is ready when it is a bit thick and not runny. Once done pour back into the Dutch oven.

Once the chicken is done turn off the oven, leaving the oven door slight ajar and letting your chicken rest for 10 minutes. Take the chicken and vegetables out of the oven, place on a platter, set aside.

Cook the potatoes in your microwave for 10 minutes until tender, take the potatoes out, put butter on each side, followed by sour cream and the cut up green onions.

You are now ready to plate.

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