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Roast chicken marinated in Brine

Added by Despina33 | Wed 13 May 2009 @ 23:13

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A chicken so moit and so flavourful. You should defenitly try this!

Ingredients
For the Brine
3 cups water
3 cups white wine
1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
1/2 onion, roughly chopped
10 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
2 tsp whole white pepercorns
6 bay leaves
3-4 parsley stems
1 sprig thyme
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup sugar

For teh Chicken
1 x 3-3.5 lb chicken
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
2 bulbs garlic, tops cut off lengthways
4 sprigs parsley
2 sprigs thyme
1 onion sliced into 1/4 in rings
1/4 cup softened butter
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper

Method
Brine
To prepare brine, combine all ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil. Let cool to room temperature.
Submerge chicken in brine, weighing down with plate if necessary, let stand overnight in fridge, no longer than 24 hours, otherwise teh meat may get tough.

to prepare the Chicken

Preheat oven to 400. Remove chicken from brine and pat dry. Strain brine. reserving solids.
Smear half the butter under the breast skin. Tuck sliced garlic under skin as well. Tuck fresh herbs and brine solids (onion, celery garlic cloves, etc) inside before trussing chicken.

Rub remaining butter into skin and season generously all over with coarse salt and pepper. Arrange onion slices in lightly oiled roasting pan. Place chicken on top. Toss garlic bulbs in olive oil and arrange beside chicken.

Roast in oven, basting occasionally, for about 1 hour or until juices run clear. Rest for at least 15 minutes before carving.

tried this recipe or a similar one? share your tips...

1. by max on Tue 04 Sep 2012 @ 07:23

GET OVER the spelling...<br /> What does the chicken taste like?

2. by Jules on Sun 18 Mar 2012 @ 09:19

Go easy! Isn't Jamie Oliver dyslexic? Proof you don't need to be a champion speller to be a great cook...

3. by Harris Tottle on Sat 28 Jan 2012 @ 23:37

Too many smelling pstakes!

4. by deb on Mon 20 Dec 2010 @ 06:33

i am really looking forward to trying this.
have you not heard of spell check or proof ready : (

5. by Cheeseweasel on Sun 08 Aug 2010 @ 17:39

Good gosh. This recipe sounds amazing, and the accompanying photograph of a nicely-roasted chicken certainly adds weight to my assumption, but how can I trust the word of somebody who makes so many spelling mistakes in their recipe?! Everyone knows that culinary prowess and a good grasp of the written English language go hand in hand, so how am I to know whether my chicken will indeed end up like the pictured specimen, or turn into a burned briny carcass in the oven? Somebody please put my mind at ease! Is Despina33 the capable chef that he/she professes to be, or in fact a sly con-artist, hell-bent on ruining Sunday lunch for everyone?!

6. by kai on Fri 16 Oct 2009 @ 23:01

Looks delicious, yes, but those speeling erors detract from the recipe.

"A chicken so moit and so flavourful. You should defenitly try this!"

Please fix.

7. by Fabian on Thu 01 Oct 2009 @ 12:24

I think you will find that "Teh" is a common, casual mis-spelling of the word "The" (with respects to the internet anyway). I am guessing that this is very much the case with this recipe as it occurs at least twice, why, did it make the recipe unreadable for you lol?

8. by discocat on Sat 05 Sep 2009 @ 18:18

fix the spelling errors on this recipe!!!

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