Chimichurri Roast Chicken

Name: Chimichurri Roast Chicken | Asda Good Living
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 5g mint; 1 red chilli, deseeded; 15g coriander; 1 shallot; 15g parsley; 1tbsp dried oregano; 1tsp paprika; 4tbsp rapeseed oil; 3tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 x Extra Special Free Range & Corn-Fed British Whole Chicken (about 1.9kg); 3 lemons; 2 heads garlic, halved or crushed

Enjoy a taste of Argentina with this chimichurri-glazed chicken, served with vibrant green rice and spicy corn on the cob

By Asda Good Living,6th March 2018

(33 votes)

Cook: 2 Hours 15 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: £1.65 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 276g serving contains

Energy
1421kj
339kcal

17%

Fat
15.2g

Med
22%

Saturates
2.8g

Med
14%

Sugars
1.1g

Low
1%

Salt
0.41g

Med
7%

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
515kj/123kcal

Ingredients

5g mint

1 red chilli, deseeded

15g coriander

1 shallot

15g parsley

1tbsp dried oregano

1tsp paprika

4tbsp rapeseed oil

3tbsp red wine vinegar

1 x Extra Special Free Range & Corn-Fed British Whole Chicken (about 1.9kg)

3 lemons

2 heads garlic, halved or crushed

Method

Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5.

For the chimichurri sauce, finely chop the mint, red chilli, coriander, shallot and parsley. Mix in the dried oregano, paprika, rapeseed oil and red wine vinegar.

Put the chicken in a roasting tray and rub some sauce over the skin. Halve the lemons, put some in the cavity and scatter the rest around the chicken. Add the garlic.

Roast the chicken for 1 hr 40 mins or until cooked, basting with pan juices every 30 mins. Remove from the oven, cover with foil and rest for 20 mins. Spoon over more chimichurri to serve.