Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs. Easy Chicken Recipe Made With Lemon & Pepper Seasoning. I used an organic chicken and asked the butcher to skin it and make the cut down the middle for me. I was tempted to add some minced garlic to the herby paste, but I'm glad I didn't actually because the herbs and lemon juice and zest gave the chicken - and my kitchen - quite enough tang and flavour.

Apparantly it makes the meat much jucier so I thought I'd give. Combine the seasoning, salt, mustard powder, garlic powder and black pepper; set aside. Rinse the chicken thoroughly, and remove the giblets. You can cook Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs

Prepare 1 of chicken skinned and cut in half.
Prepare 1/2 cup of salt.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
You need 12 cups of water.
Prepare 3 of large lemons.
It's 1 tsp. of mustard.
It's 1 tsp of freshly ground black pepper.
Prepare 1 tsp. of fresh rosemary chopped finely.
It's 1/2 tsp of salt flakes.
It's 1 tbsp of olive oil.
Prepare 1 tbsp of butter.

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Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs step by step

Put the water, salt and sugar into a large pan.
Stir for a while until the salt and sugar dissolve.
And the water is clear again.
Submerge the chicken in the pan, put the lid on and store in the fridge for an hour..
Wash and chop the herbs and grate the zest of two large lemons. Give them a good scrub beforehand if they aren't organic. Add the mustard, oil, pepper, juice of half a lemon and salt and mix well.
After an hour take the chicken out and put it on a board covered with kitchen paper. Dry it. Start to pre-heat the oven to 250°.
With a sharp knife carefully make some cuts in the chicken.
Fill the spaces with the herby paste and put the chicken on a lined baking tray or roasting dish and place it in the oven.
Put the butter and the grated zest and juice of one lemon in a small pan. Heat gently until the butter has melted.
After 10 minutes take the chicken out. Turn the oven down to 200°. Baste the chicken with the melted butter and lemon.
Baste underneath too.
Leave for about 40 minutes taking it out once or twice to baste with the juices.
When it is cooked, leave to rest on a plate while you prepare a salad or some steamed veg.
Serve and enjoy. The meat should be tasty and moist. I will definitely brine again - it makes a real difference..
Have a nice tasty week all 😊☺.

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