Spicy Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 1/2 lbs chicken
• 3 teaspoons red chilies, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 teaspoons peppercorns, crushed
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar, soft
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 2 tablespoons butter, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°.
• 2 using a large cleaver, or knife, cut the chicken in half by cutting down the backbone and along the breastbone.
• 3 to prevent the wings from burning, tuck them underneath.,.
• 4 place the chicken, skin-side-up, on a rack in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile, combine the chilli, garlic, peppercorns and sugar in a food processor or mortar and pestle and process briefly or pound, until smooth.
• 6 add the soy sauce, turmeric and lime juice, and process in short bursts, or stir if using a mortar and pestle, until combined.
• 7 brush the spice mixture over the chicken, dot it with the butter pieces and bake it for another 25 to 30 minutes, or until cooked through and rich red.
• 8 serve warm or at room temperature.