Spicy Roast Chicken

There's nothing like roast chicken

Ingredients

1.5 k whole chicken

Juice of 1 lemon

4 garlic cloves chopped

1tbsp each cayenne pepper, paprika, dried oregano

2 tsp olive oil

Salt and pepper

Roasted potatoes or mixed sliced peppers to serve

Method

Cut the backbone from the chicken and turn it over.  Open the chicken out flat.

Place the chicken in a shallow dish and pour over the lemon juice.

Combine the garlic, cayenne, paprika, oregano black pepper and oil and rub over the chicken.

Cover and leave to marinate for 3 hours at room temperature.

Preheat oven to 200C.  Season both sided with salt and pepper and place it skin side up in a shallow roasting tin.

Roast, basting with the juices in the thin for 1.5 hours.

I like roast potatoes as a side plate with 

 chicken.

Chicken Breast a la Van

I could eat chicken breast every single day. It is so versatile, tasty and healthy! 
Here's one of our latest experiments.

 

Ingredients:

Mango Chutney

Cooked Spinach

Chorizo

Fresh Tomatoes

Basil

Maltese cheeselet (ġbejna with herbs)

 

Directions

Begin cutting down the length of the side of the breast. Carefully slice the breast in half widthwise almost to the other edge. Keep that edge intact and open the breast along the "fold."

Spread the mango chutney on both sides of the breast.

On top of that add the cooked spinach.

Add a layer of chorizo, tomatoes, some basil and finally add some slices of Maltese mixed herbs cheeselet (ġbejna)

Close the breast and rub with chicken seasoning.

Oven bake at 200C for 20-25 minutes until chicken is tender.