Whole Chicken Roast Recipe

This is an extremely simple whole chicken roast recipe (not stuffed). You can make this awesome dish by following the recipe. 


Ingredients 

• 1 whole chicken - roughly 1.5 kg
• For the marinade: 2 tbsps fresh unsweetened yogurt
• 2 tbsps lime/ lemon juice
• 2 tsps garlic paste
• 1 tbsp ginger paste
• 1 tbsp Cumin Powder 
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder 
• 1 tbsp Garam masala powder 
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder 
• 1/2 tsp salt

Procedure

1. Slightly wash the chicken and get rid of the liver, heart etc. 

2. Put the chicken in a large bowl and marinate with salt, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, yoghurt, lemon juice, garam masala powder, coriander and jeera powder. Cover the chicken well with  the mixture. 

3. Leave the chicken for 30 minutes. 

Marinated whole chicken 

4. Pre-heat oven to 180°

5. Take a baking tray and grease it well with butter/ghee/oil. 

6. Shift the marinated chicken in the tray and brush oil/butter/ghee on the chicken. 

7. Let it cook for 30 mins before tossing it on the other side. 

8. Cook till the chicken is tender. Keep checking it with a knife. 

9. The cooking process can take more than an hour. After which, you have to slightly fry the chicken in a kadai. It gives the chicken a good texture and makes it crisp. 

10. You can serve this with rice or paratha.