Lemon Garlic Slow Cooker Roast Chicken

• 分量: 5 servings
• 調理時間: 10 minutes
• 総時間: 5 hours 10 minutes

材料

2 kg / 4 lb whole chicken (, patted dry (Note 1)

1 tsp dried thyme

1/2 tsp dried parsley

1/2 tsp dried oregano

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 ½ tbsp olive oil (or melted butter), plus extra for drizzling)

3 garlic cloves (, minced)

1 large lemon (, all zest + all juice)

1 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp water

1 extra lemon (, just in case)

手順

Rub – Mix Rub ingredients. should be fairly thick and sludgy. Adjust with extra oil if too thick.

Loosen Skin: Use upside spoon to loosen skin of chicken (see video). Spoon most of the Rub under the skin, leaving about 1 tbsp mostly oil for the skin. Use hands or spoon on skin to spread the paste - doesn't need to be perfect.

Stuff used lemon inside the chicken.

Put rack inside slow cooker (Note 3), place chicken on top. Spread with remaining sludge, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper.

Slow cook 5 hours on low or 3 hours on high, or until juices run clear or internal temperature is 75C / 165F using a meat thermometer. (Note 4 for other cook methods)

Brown skin: Remove chicken from slow cooker, drizzle with a bit of extra oil. Grill/broil on medium high for 5 to 10 minutes to brown the skin (~25cm /10" from heat source). Or oven 240C/450F for 10 min.

Spoon over pan juices, then serve with Lemon Sauce! (No need to rest chicken)

Lemon Sauce:

Pour all slow cooker liquid into a saucepan, add cornflour / water mixture. Mix.

Bring to simmer over medium high and cook until liquid thickens to thin syrup (depends how much liquid you have, usually 3 min or so). Adjust salt and pepper to taste, add more lemon if desired (the extra lemon). Pour into jug.

栄養

• サービングサイズ: 263 g
• カロリー: 478 kcal
• 脂肪総量: 35 g
• 飽和脂肪: 9 g
• コレステロール: 144 mg
• ナトリウム: 484 mg
• タンパク質: 35 g