Harrisa & Honey Roast Spatchcock Chicken
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Total: 1 hr
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1½ lemon
  • 60g honey
  • 0 tbsp harissa
  • 2½5 kg spatchcock chicken
From your kitchen
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Peel, grate or finely slice the garlic cloves. Scoop them into a medium-sized bowl. Zest in the lemon. Squeeze in the juice from the lemon. Drizzle in the honey and scoop in 1 tbsp harissa (it’s spicy, so use as much or as little as you prefer). Pour in 2 tbsp olive oil. Season well with salt and pepper. Whisk together to make a marinade.

  • 2.

    Unwrap the chicken and pop in a dish. Pour over the marinade and rub all over. Set aside for 30 mins to come to room temperature or overnight in the fridge.

  • 3.

    Preheat the oven to to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. If your chicken is in the fridge, take it out 30 mins before cooking so it starts to come to room temperature.

  • 4.

    Place the chicken in a roasting tin and slide the tin into the oven. Roast the chicken for 45-50 mins or till the the juices run clear when you pierce the thickest part of the thigh with a skewer. Take the chicken out of the oven and baste it with the marinade from the tin.

  • 5.

    ^ Crispy skin To help the skin crisp up, pat the chicken dry with paper towels before rubbing in the marinade.

  • 6.

    ^Love your leftovers The roast chicken will keep for up to 3 days in the fridge. The best way to store it is to strip all the chicken off the bones and transfer it to tub. Seal and store it in the fridge, The bones can be used to make stock.