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Rock and roll roast chicken (Champagne chicken)

This is taken from Jane and Jimmy Barnes Cookbook, Where the River Bends. I named it Rock & Roll Chicken for obvious reasons! It's a great dinner party dish for parents and kids.

Rock and roll roast chicken (Champagne chicken)

Rock and roll roast chicken (Champagne chicken) Credit: Kitti Gould

  • serves

    6

  • prep

    30 minutes

  • cook

    30 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

6

people

preparation

30

minutes

cooking

30

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • 80 g butter, diced
  • 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • 1 brown onion, sliced
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 cups (500 ml) champagne
  • salt and black pepper
  • 3 bay leaves
  • ½ small bunch thyme
  • 2 carrots, sliced
  • cups green Sicilian olives
  • mixed salad, to serve

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C (180˚C fan-forced). Heat the olive oil and butter in heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in batches, skin-side up, for 5 minutes or until brown. Turn the chicken and cook for a further 3 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan.
  2. Return the pan to a medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, or until softened. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add ½ cup (125 ml) champagne and deglaze the pan.
  3. Drizzle a large baking dish with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Arrange the chicken pieces in the dish, skin-side up.
  4. Scatter with bay leaves and thyme, and season with pepper. Pour the liquid from the frying pan over and remaining champagne, and scatter with carrots and olives.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes, until chicken cooked through and carrots tender. Serve with mixed salad.

Photography by Kitti Gould.


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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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