Christmas Spiced Roast Chicken

• Gluten free
• Paleo

• Meat

  • 1 1 kg / 2 lbs whole chicken, whole

• Produce

  • 1 Orange, zest from
  • 1/2 Orange

• Condiments

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Maple syrup

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 Pinch Pepper
  • 1/2 tbsp Salt

• Drinks

  • 1 Orange juice from

• Dairy

  • 25 g Butter

Found on nutritionistmeetschef.com

Ingredients

• 1,1 kg / 2 lbs whole chicken
• 25 g butter
• Zest from one orange
• Orange juice from ¼ orange (use the zested one)
• Half an orange, cut in two (use the zested one)
• ¼ tsp of ground cinnamon,
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp ground star anise
• 1.5 tbsp maple syrup
• 0.5 tbsp salt
• Pinch of pepper

Directions

• Turn the oven to 200°
• Melt the butter in a pan.
• Add the spices, salt, orange zest, orange juice and maple syrup and stir until combined.
• Place the chicken in a oven proof dish and place the 2 orange halves in the chicken cavity.
• Lightly brush the chicken with the melted spiced butter the turn it over so the breast is facing down and brush the back with a little more.
• Bake in the oven for 20 minutes with a lid on, or cover with foil.
• Remove from oven, turn over so the breast if facing up and brush with the rest of your spiced butter mix. Place it into the oven again and bake for another 40 minutes (or until cooked, check that the meat is no longer pink and that the juices run clear)
• Leave to rest with foil over to keep it warm for 15 - 20 minutes before serving.
• (if you are not planning to show off this stunning chicken to friends and family then you can flip it over again breast side down whilst you are resting it to make it unbelievably juicy! but this can flatten out the curvature of the breasts.)