Baked chicken

Many would say it's roast chicken, but I choose to call it baked. Also, you can't have a picture, because it's still in the oven. I have covered it in butter and shoved a lemon up its insides to prevent it from getting pregnant. I don't want a bird in the oven with a bun in the oven.
The lemon was pre-boiled, following the suggestion of Jamie Oliver (He also said put garlic and thyme up there, but I chose to ignore him as it seemed inhumane.)
The chicken will be accompanied by baked fennel, tomato, carrot and the leftover thin-sliced potatoes from yesterday's black pud lasagne. I think, with hindsight, the bitterness may well have been a natural reaction to use of black pudding from the wrong side of the Pennines. A grave mistake.
There will also be the levitating wine above. And to follow, baked rhubarb in orange juice (outrageously, the rhubarb isn't from Yorkshire). It's time to baste. Have a good week.

Comments

  1. daney7 March 2011 at 10:03

    Well you've done a lot of cooking since I last looked. I think roast, sorry baked, chicken is one of the most delicious things ever. Lemon up its arse or not. Ellis baked some choc chip muffins yesterday while I made a delicous spinach and potato soup.

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  2. Killer and Whitey7 March 2011 at 17:53

    Nah, you don't need to bother with pre boiling the lemon. Just get it in there, and pour lemon juice all over too. Classic Greek recipe. Xxxx

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