Portuguese-style Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 kg whole chickens (2x 1kg whole chickens)
• 2 lemons, quartered
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°c or 180°c fan. using kitchen scissors or poultry shears, cut down either side of the backbones of chickens and discard. open out chickens and flatten, pressing with the heel of your hand.
• 2 rub chicken skin with cut lemon; reserve lemons. combine oil, garlic, oregano, paprika, cayenne and salt, and rub into skin. arrange chickens skin side up in a large baking dish and add reserved lemons.
• 3 roast for 45 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through. set aside to rest for 10 minutes, then carve into pieces. drizzle with reserved pan juices to serve.