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Ingredients
1 | Chicken Chicken | ||
1.9Kg | |||
125 g g | Bacon Bacon | ||
smoked | |||
Salt Salt | |||
to season | |||
1 handfuls handful | Salted Almonds Salted Almonds | ||
250 g g | Spinach Spinach | ||
1 | Turnip Turnip | ||
peeled and cut into cubes | |||
1 tins tin | Apple cider Apple cider | ||
3 tbsp tbsp | Rapeseed Oil Rapeseed Oil |
Roast Chicken with Turnips, Cider and Bacon
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1:10 hrs
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Method
Sounds posh but it’s not! You can leave out the cider, almonds and spinach to make this a regular, delicious family dinner but keep them in to treat yourself and your friends when they come round. I love to eat this with some crisp roast potatoes.
Ps. you can use olive oil or a mixture of sunflower oil and butter in place of rapeseed oil if you wish.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°fan/gas mark 6.
- Place the turnip in a large roasting tray with the chicken on top.
- Drizzle the rapeseed oil over the chicken then season with salt and pepper.
- Pour the cider into the roasting tray then cook for 45 minutes.
- Once the 45 minutes are up, turn the heat down to 180°C/160°fan/gas mark 4, and cook for a further 20 minutes.
- Add the bacon to the turnips and put in the oven for another 20 minutes.
- When crisp and golden, transfer the chicken to a chopping board or plate to rest for five minutes.
- Add the spinach, salt and pepper to the turnips and heat altogether in a pot over a medium heat until the spinach starts to wilt.
- Carve the chicken and serve with the mix of vegetables from the pan, and, be sure to spoon any syrupy cider juice over the chicken.
- Lastly scatter your crisp salty almonds over the top for that final flourish.