Operation Transformation's recipe for a healthy roast chicken dinner.
Ingredients
Servings: 2
- 1 large roast chicken - 200g cooked meat per person
- 3 large carrots, chopped
- 2 parsnips, chopped
- 250g potatoes, peeled
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
Food Staples:
- 3 teaspoons butter
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C/160C Fan/gas mark 4
- Place potatoes in a pot of boiling water and simmer until tender for approximately 15-20 minutes
- Place chicken in an oven proof dish
- In a bowl combine the crushed garlic and 1 teaspoon of butter
- Spread the garlic butter mixture on the outer skin of the chicken
- Place the chicken in roasting dish and cook for 1 ½ - 2 hours until juices are running clear and chicken is cooked through
- Drain water from potatoes and add two teaspoons of butter, mash together
- Steam chopped carrots and parnsips until tender. Once cooked mash together
- Carve the chicken and serve with mashed potatoes and vegetables
