Roast Chicken with Fennel
- 1 each whole organic chicken approximately 4lbs
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 each lemon
- 4 each large spring onions
- 2 each fennel
- 6 clove garlic
- 1 each carrot
- 3 each small onions
- 1/4 cup wine (optional)
- 4 cup water (to make stock from wings and neck)
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Cut off the green tops and the bottoms of spring onion.
- Cut spring onions in pieces about 1/2 inch.
- Cut the green fronds off the fennel.
- Cut fennel in pieces about 1/2 inch.
- Peel garlic.
- Chop garlic.
- Place all in pan.
- Drizzle with olive oil and toss gently to combine.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper if desired.
- CHICKEN: Place chicken in a bowl.
- Cut off neck.
- Cut off wings.
- Conserve for stock.
- Rub the outside with a coat olive oil.
- Take a lemon and pierce with a fork a few times.
- Place whole lemon in chicken cavity.
- Can tie legs together, if desire.
- Place chicken in pan with veggies.
- Roast 30 minutes.
- BROTH: Take the green tops from green onions and slice.
- Remove the soft part of the green fronds from fennel.
- Cut one carrot, 3 small onions, garlic for broth.
- Put chicken wings and neck in 4 cups water.
- Salt and pepper.
- Add carrot, onions, and garlic.
- Bring to boil, then reduce and simmer, while removing any excess fat with strainer.
- Reduce oven temp after the 30 minutes to 375F.
- Stir veggies well and roast for another 20 minutes or more until internal temperature reaches 165F.
- When ready, remove chicken from oven and cover in foil.
- Remove veggies from oven (should be golden and caramelized) into large sauce pan.
- Add 1/4 cup wine (if desired) to stock and simmer a few minutes.
- Add the fennel and spring onion tops and 1 tbs olive oil.
- Simmer until tender and begins to thicken.
- Add 1 to 1/2 cup of homemade stock to roasted vegetables.
- Remove bones from meat.
- Layer the veggies and drizzle with some sauce on a platter.
- Remove foil and add chicken.
- Serve additional veggies in broth in separate serving dish.
- *Adapted Andrea Reusing Roast Chicken with Fennel
chicken, extra virgin olive oil, lemon, spring onions, fennel, clove garlic, carrot, onions, wine, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/337256-roast-chicken-with-fennel (may not work)