moving forward + a family roast recipe
 
 
I hope you enjoy this one, we did.
Recipe type: Dinners
What you'll need
  • 25g butter
  • 1 medium sized chicken
  • 4 rashers bacon
  • 1 red onion
  • 3 carrots
  • ½ celery
  • a few sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 200mls cider
  • 300mls vegetable/chicken stock
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 190C (350F) and place the butter in a large casserole dish. Place in your chicken and brown on all sides. This takes about 10-15 minutes and I just carefully turned the chicken a few times and coating it in butter. You just want a light brown colour.
  2. Remove the chicken and set aside. Place the bacon in your dish and place back in the oven for a few minutes until the bacon is lightly cooked.
  3. Now add in the onion, carrots, thyme and place dish back in the oven and cook for about 5 minutes.
  4. Add in the celery and stir all the vegetables around and place the chicken on top. Now you want the breast side of the chicken down (you're going to turn it over later on) and pour the cider and the stock over your chicken.
  5. Roast for about 1 hour. It will look nice and golden and everything will be bubbling away beautifully.
  6. Turn the chicken over and roast for another 30 minutes. Your chicken should (everything going well) be beautifully checked. Do a quick check that the chicken legs and thighs are cooked (that's where I can come unstuck) and remove from the oven
  7. Season the vegetables if needed and serve. We just had it as it was but if you have a big family or big eaters you could add some mashed potato to the plate or add sliced potatoes to your dish.
  8. Either way this is a delicious family roast, you'll only be washing up the one dish and the timing was spot on for me.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2013/07/11/moving-forward-a-family-roast-recipe/