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Mum's French Roast Chicken (Poulet Rôti)
Flavorful, aromatic easy oven roasted chicken recipe with thyme, olive oil and mushrooms. You can skip the mushrooms and add potatoes or root vegetables instead.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 535 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 Teaspoon salt
- ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 2 Tablespoon thyme fresh or a few sprigs
- 1 whole chicken broiler type *see post for size
- 8.8 Ounces mushrooms whole or halved
- 3-4 shallot cut into pieces
- 3 Pieces garlic cloves cut roughly or sliced
- 1 ¼ Cup water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celcius.
- Mix the olive oil, salt, black pepper, and fresh thyme together.
- Remove the chicken neck and giblets if there are any. Rinse the chicken, tap dry with a paper towel and place the chicken with the breast up into a roasting plate
- Take some of the olive oil mixture and rub into the chicken. Tie your chicken legs together if you like (I prefer it that way). Rub the remaining olive oil mixture over the chicken breast into the skin.
- Place the mushrooms, shallots and the rest of the garlic around the chicken. Take the chicken dish into the oven to roast.
- Roast the chicken for 15 to 20 minutes and take it out again. Pour water over the chicken and mushrooms. Take the chicken plate back to the heat into the oven
- Repeat the process every 15 minutes by pouring/basting the sauce in the plate over the chicken. That will keep the chicken meat moist and will crispen the skin.
- Check with a meat thermometer if the chicken is done by pocking into the main body. The chicken is cooked through when you have reached 170 Fahrenheit/ 75 Celsius.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
393g
Calories
535kcal
(27%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
38g
(76%)
Fat
39g
(60%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
7g
Monounsaturated Fat
20g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
143mg
(48%)
Sodium
724mg
(30%)
Potassium
649mg
(19%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
435IU
(9%)
Vitamin C
12mg
(13%)
Calcium
49mg
(5%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 535
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 393g | |
| Calories | 535kcal | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 38g | 76% |
| Fat | 39g | 60% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 7g | 41% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 20g | 100% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 143mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 724mg | 30% |
| Potassium | 649mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 435IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 12mg | 13% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.