GYPSY POT ROAST CHICKEN WITH POTATOES (Best cooked over an open fire outside) Ingredients 2 x 1.350kg (3lb) free range frying chickens 1x teaspoon salt 1x teaspoon pepper [preferably black] 4 x cloves garlic; crushed 5 tablespoons Butter; melted [salted] 8 large potatoes; peeled and cut into wedges 4 medium sizes whole peeled onions ¼ cup lemon juice [freshly squeezed) 1x tabled spoon lemon zest [grated lemon skin for gravy] ½ cup water Two loaves freshly baked crusty bread Origanum fresh or dried (Hand full How to make it COOKING DIRECTIONS (Out doors) Make fire and leave to burn until white hot coals are in a pile. HINT: 1)make sure you have enough coals to last for at least 90 minutes 2)continuously check on the chickens Prepare cast iron three leg pot with lid [size 8-10 works well], mix one clove of crushed garlic with one table spoon of butter and rub the sides and bottom of the pot thoroughly with mixture. Rub chickens with salt, pepper, garlic and Origanum inside and out cover liberally. Place the chickens at the bottom of the pot breast side up and brush all over with 3 tablespoons melted butter and crushed garlic. Roll potatoes in remaining butter. Place potatoes and onions in cast iron pot with chicken. Place the pot over the coals and roast for 30-40 minutes. [Depending on the heat of your coals]. Scrape away some of the coals to reduce the heat and continue to roast for a further 45-50 minutes until leg joint moves easily. Check on the chicken regularly and add extra butter if required. Turn the chickens to brown both side do this one or twice in the cooking process. Pour lemon juice over chicken a few minute before you remove the chicken, potatoes and onions and place in a covered pan and place next to the coals to keep hot. Skim fat from the juices at the bottom of the pot. Add water and bring to a boil add lemon zest, stirring constantly. Pour into sauceboat. Break chickens into pieces [don’t carve it spoils the effect] chicken and gravy served separately.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:35:11 +0000
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