Roast Chicken With Seasoned Tomato
- 1 (3 1/2 lb) chicken
- 2 ounces butter
- 6 tomatoes, skinned and seeded and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 bunches oregano, chopped
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 2 ounces butter
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 4 large potatoes
- salt and pepper
- Preheat the oven to 425F
- Melt half of the butter in a pan.
- Add half the garlic and tomatoes and cook until most of the moisture disappears.
- Add half the oregano and half the paprika.
- Stir and continue to cook until the mixture resembles the texture of tomato ketchup.
- Take off the heat and leave to cool in a bowl.
- Carefully free the skin from the chicken breast using your fingers.
- Mix the cold tomato with the remaining butter and then push this under the skin of the bird to season the breasts.
- Leave to rest for 1 hour.
- Heat the oil in a roasting tray, place the chicken in on one leg in the tin, and roast for 15 minutes.
- Turn the chicken onto the other leg and after 15 more minutes turn onto its back.
- Roast for a further 30 minutes or until thoroughly cooked.
- Cut the potatoes into 6 wedges.
- Add to a large pan of boiling water and cook for 10 minutes.
- Drain and dry.
- When the chicken is cooked, remove from the pan and place to one side.
- Add the potatoes and roast for 20 minutes until the potatoes are coloured.
- Remove the potatoes from the pan and season with the remaining garlic, oregano and paprika mixed with some salt (leave off for the children if necessary).
- Carve the chicken and serve with a selection of vegetables.
chicken, butter, tomatoes, garlic, bunches oregano, paprika, butter, oil, potatoes, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/roast-chicken-with-seasoned-tomato-251106 (may not work)