Dinner ideas

Asian-style roast chicken

A traditional roast chicken with delicious stuffing and buttery, tender flesh is a wonderfully economical dinner and a mouth-watering Asian-inspired version never goes out of style. Serve it up with carrots.
asian style roast chicken recipe
4
15M
1H 45M
2H

Ingredients

Butter
Stuffing

Method

1.Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced).
2.Make butter; combine red curry paste and butter in a medium bowl. Spoon onto a sheet of baking paper, roll up to form a log and twist the ends to seal.
3.Make stuffing; heat peanut oil in a large frying pan over medium heat; cook garlic, chilli, ginger, green onions until fragrant. Stir in rice and coriander leaves. Season to taste.
4.Remove and discard any fat from cavity of chicken. Pat cavity and skin dry with paper towel. Tuck wings under body.
5.Run fingers between skin and the breast meat. Spoon half the flavoured butter under skin; push through skin to cover breast and tops of drumsticks and thighs.
6.Fill cavity with stuffing. Season chicken all over with sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper. Tie legs together with kitchen string. Put your preferred vegetables (we’ve used red capsicum, zucchini and red onion) into base of a large roasting dish and pour over the chicken stock.
7.Place chicken, breast-side up, on top of vegetables; cover with remaining butter. Roast for 15 minutes, then reduce oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced); roast for a further 1½ hours until chicken is cooked through, basting occasionally with pan juices.

Not suitable to freeze or microwave.

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