Perfect Roast Chicken

Submitted by crazycookinmama

"This recipe comes from a cookbooklet from "The Australian Women's Weekly Cookbooks" "ROAST" Very good recipe...and easy to substitute items to your taste."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 kg whole chickens
• 100 g fresh coriander, roots in tact (Cilantro)
• 4 kaffir lime leaves, torn
• 2 sticks lemongrass, chopped coarsely
• 2 kaffir limes, quartered
• cooking spray
• 1 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Preheat oven to moderately hot. Wash cavity of chicken under cold water; pat dry, inside and out, with absorbent paper.
2. Chop coriander roots, stems and leaves; place all of the coriander, lime leaves, lemon grass and four of the lime quarters inside the chicken cavity. Tuck wings under chicken; trim skin around chicken neck, secure to underside of chicken with toothpicks. Tie legs together using kitchen string.
3. Place chicken, breast-side up, on rack inside large baking dish. Spray chicken all over with cooking-oil spray; sprinkle with salt. Place enough water in baking dish to come to a 1 cm depth.
4. Bake chicken, uncovered, in moderately hot oven for 1 1/2 hours; cover loosely with foil after 1 hour if chicken starts to overbrown. Discard cavity filling; serve chicken with remaining lime quarters.