Roast Cajun Chicken with Lemon & Thyme

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Serves4 people
Roast Cajun Chicken with Lemon & Thyme

A spicy mix of Cajun spices and the fresh flavour of lemon and thyme make this an organic roast chicken dinner that'll set your taste buds singing.

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Ingredients

  • 1.7kg whole chicken
  • 1 garlic bulb
  • 1 lemon
  • A handful of thyme
  • 1 tbsp Cajun spice
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 1 hr 30 mins + resting

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1. Heat your oven to 180ºC/Fan 160ºC/Gas 4.
2. Unwrap your chicken and remove the giblets. Place it in a roasting tin and leave it to get up to room temperature.
3. Halve the garlic bulb and place both halves inside the chicken cavity.
4. Quarter your lemon. Squeeze half the lemon over the chicken. Toss the squeezed lemon pieces into the roasting tin. Squeeze the juice from the remaining two pieces into the cavity of the chicken, then put the squeezed lemons inside too.
5. Tuck a third of your thyme sprigs in the cavity. Slip another third of your thyme under the bird. Save the remaining sprigs for garnishing once the chicken is roasted.
6. Sprinkle the cajun spice and a good pinch of salt and pepper over the chicken and massage it all over the skin.
7. Cover the whole dish tightly with foil. Roast in the oven for 1 hr.
8. Remove the chicken from the oven. Crank the oven up to 220ºC/Fan 200ºC/Gas 7. Uncover the chicken. Baste it with any juices in the tin.
9. Put the chicken back in the oven to cook for 20-30 mins or till golden. Check the chicken is cooked by piercing the thigh near the bone. The juices should run clear. If not, return to the oven and cook till they do.
10. Remove the chicken from the oven and pop it on a board. Cover it with foil and set aside to rest for 30 mins to 1 hr before carving.
11. The pan juices are so good they make an instant gravy without needing to do anything else. So, once you carve, just drizzle the juices over the sliced meat, scatter over the remaining thyme leaves and get stuck in.
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