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Indian Chicken Recipe : Roasted Lemon, Garlic And Tarragon Chicken

Ingredients for the Recipe

• 1 kg chicken with skin
• 200 g butter, softened
• zest of 6 lemons
• 4 flakes garlic, chopped
• 1 tbsp dried tarragon
• salt and pepper to taste

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC and in the meanwhile prepare the chicken by loosening the skin from the breast with your fingertips, working from the neck downwards.
2. Make a small cut under the leg of the bird and loosen the skin.
3. Next, beat together the butter, lemon zest, chopped garlic and tarragon in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
4. Put the butter mixture, chopped garlic and tarragon in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
5. Put the butter mixture under the skin of the chicken and lightly brush the top with a little melted butter.
6. Season and under the skin of the chicken and lightly brush the top with a little melted butter.
7. Season and bake the chicken for around one hour basting from time to time.