Pot-roast cider chicken with creamy onions and little gem lettuce recipe

By Silvana Franco

  1. Serves 2-3
  2. Takes 15 minutes to make and 1½ hours to roast
  3. Rating

Cooking chicken in this way ensures maximum moistness, yet gives a crispy skin. And there’s no need to make gravy!

tried and tested
Pot-roast cider chicken with creamy onions and little gem lettuce

Ingredients

  1. 1.5kg whole free-range chicken
  2. 330ml dry cider
  3. 2 large onions, sliced
  4. 4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked
  5. 142ml pot double cream
  6. 4 little gem lettuce hearts, quartered

Method

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Put the chicken in a large casserole, pour over the cider and stir in the onions and thyme. Season, cover and roast for 45 minutes.
  2. 2. Uncover the chicken and roast for a further 45 minutes, until golden on top and cooked through. Transfer the bird to a plate to rest for 5 minutes.
  3. 3. Put the casserole on the hob over a low heat and pour in the cream to warm through. Add the lettuce, cover and cook gently for 3-4 minutes, until the lettuce is tender. Season to taste.
  4. 4. Carve the chicken and serve with the lettuce, pan juices and some mashed potatoes.

Nutritional info

Per serving (based on 3): 663.6kcals, 32.7g fat (17.8g saturated), 74.6g protein, 11.3g carbs, 8.9g sugar, 0.7g salt.

Chef's tip

Replace the little gem lettuce with peas, if you like.

Wine Recommendation

A local, farmhouse dryish cider would be best here.

Comments

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missKatpaw

October 26

This recipe is simply sublime! Tonight's the second time i've done it & it went down equally as well as it did the first time I did it when it was first in the magazine goodness knows how many months ago! The chicken is really lovely & moist. I use red onions for a bit of colour & this time, I used single cream as supermarket didn't have any double. It was equally fine. Prob saved on a few calories too. I accompanied it with mash as suggested and honey roasted carrots & parsnips! (Keep the carcass to one side for a stock too - maybe put the ingredients for stock on the same shopping list!!) 5 out of 5

mistytwoshoes

July 7

We just loved this recipe and infact we are having it again tonight!

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