Lemony herb chicken with roasted roots

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Lemony herb chicken with roasted roots

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Take your classic chicken traybake to a whole new level with this easy-peasy idea. This one-tray wonder stars a spatchcock British chicken marinated in lemon and thyme, and seasonal root veggies roasted with sticky honey and punchy wholegrain mustard.
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Take your classic chicken traybake to a whole new level with this easy-peasy idea. This one-tray wonder stars a spatchcock British chicken marinated in lemon and thyme, and seasonal root veggies roasted with sticky honey and punchy wholegrain mustard.
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1HR 40MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
4
1
medium M&S Oakham Gold whole chicken
1
M&S Remarksable Value lemon, zested, juiced
2 tsp
dried thyme
3 tsp
olive oil
2 tbsp
wholegrain mustard
2 tbsp
M&S pure honey
4
M&S maris piper potatoes, peeled, quartered
4
M&S Remarksable Value carrots, peeled, cut into 2cm chunks
4
M&S Remarksable Value parsnips, peeled, cut into 2cm chunks
1 tub
(350 g)
M&S chicken gravy
125 g
kale
cooked per pack instructions
optional

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
1100kcal
Fat
48.8 g
Saturates
14.7 g
Sugars
19.0 g
Salt
898.5 mg
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Method

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step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/ gas mark 6.
step 2
Spatchcock the whole chicken (1) by lying the chicken on a board, breast side down. Use a pair of sharp scissors to cut along each side of the backbone and remove it in one piece. Flip the chicken over, breast side up, and use the heel of your hands to press the chicken and flatten it (you will hear a crack).
step 3
Mix together the lemon juice (1) and half the zest, salt, pepper, thyme (2 tsp) and olive oil (2 tsp). Coat the chicken in the marinade and set aside. If you like, this can be done in advance and left to marinade over night or a few hours in the fridge.
step 4
Mix together the wholegrain mustard (2 tbsp), honey (2 tbsp) and the olive oil (1 tsp). Add the potatoes (4), carrots (4) and parsnips (4) to a roasting tray and coat in the honey-mustard dressing.
step 5
Place the chicken on top and bake in the oven for 90 minutes, checking every half hour to baste the chicken in the juices and turn the veg.
step 6
Remove the chicken and veg from the oven and serve with the chicken gravy (1 tub) and kale (125 g), if you like.
step 6 Remove the chicken and veg from the oven and serve with the chicken gravy (1 tub) and kale (125 g), if you like.

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