Step 9 of 16 · Weeknight Roast Chicken
Bird on top of the veg — or a rack if you have one
Bird on top of the veg — or a rack if you have one — step 9 of 16 in Weeknight Roast Chicken. Set the chicken breast-up on the vegetables. The drippings baste the potatoes; the vegetables keep the bird off a dry metal floor.
Free food & cooking tip: Bird on top of the veg — or a rack if you have one (step 9 of 16 from "Weeknight Roast Chicken").
Set the chicken breast-up on the vegetables. The drippings baste the potatoes; the vegetables keep the bird off a dry metal floor. If you own a rack that fits the pan, use it and put the vegetables under and around — you get crisper back skin and still-flavored potatoes.
Do not add 500 ml of stock to the pan at the start. You will braise, not roast, and the skin will stay flabby. A splash (2 Tbsp) of oil on the bird is enough liquid at minute zero. Wine or stock goes in after, for the sauce, when the bird is resting.
Pro tip: Dark roasting pans brown faster than shiny disposable foil. If you only have foil, give the 220°C start the full 20 minutes and do not skip the thermometer.
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