My Mum’s Roast Chicken

We love a good simple roast chicken in Spain.

We love it so much that we have places that only sell roast chicken and chips to take away. The walls are covered with ovens where the chickens roast at plain sight, as in the below picture.

Usually, when mum is tired and wants a hassle free meal, she’ll go to the shop, get a chicken for 10 Euros (or 2, depending how big is the family) and some chips. Then go home, put it in a nice tray with the chips and the lovely sauce made from the chicken juice, and voilá, lunch is served.

Usually this is done on a Sunday or a beach day. These places get very busy, so if you want your share of roast chicken, don’t leave it for the last minute as once they are gone, they are gone.

My mum, apart from doing the above from time to time (because everyone deserves a break) she’d make a fantastic roast chicken.

It is a simple recipe but very effective and she’d serve it with square home made chips and a beautiful, massive salad.

Oh! How I loved my mum’s roast chicken!

I think I did a very good job by recreating her recipe although, I have forgotten how to make her wonderful chips and this, makes me sad. But nevertheless, the chicken is juicy, moist, crispy on the outside and tasty.

So please, enjoy this recipe that comes all the way from my kitchen to you.

pollo asado, roast chicken — Photo by Photo By: Kaboompics.com on Pexels.com

You can find the step by step video to this recipe here:

Spanish Roast Chicken

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 0 mins
Cook Time: 60 mins approx
Difficulty: Easy
Rating: stars
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Credit: The Spaniard’s Kitchen

Ingredients

1 Whole Chicken (1.45kgs approx)

2 Lemons, washed and cut in half

Olive Oil

Salt to Taste

Directions

1. Wash the chicken and remove any feathers and bits of fat. Also cut the bottom bit of the chicken.
2. Stuff the chicken with the cut lemons.
3. Smudge the chicken in olive oil, top and bottom.
4. Add salt (top and bottom).
5. OPTIONAL: Do an adobo of garlic, parsley and olive oil and use that on the chicken.
6. Put the chicken on an oven tray.
7. Stick in the oven on 180 or 200 degrees Celsius for about an hour.
8. As the chicken cooks, baste it every now and then, to keep it moist.
9. To check that the chicken is cooked, if unsure, take a knife and make a deep cut in the chicken. If the juices that come out are clear, the chicken is cooked. If the juices are pink, put back in the oven and cook a bit longer.
10. Put on a serving tray whole or cut.
11. Gather the juices in a bowl and serve with the chicken as gravy.
12. You can accompany with roast potatoes/home made chips and a big salad.
13. Serve hot and enjoy!