Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs:

1. Take 1 chicken skinned and cut in half
2. Prepare 1/2 cup salt
3. Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
4. Get 12 cups water
5. Make ready 3 large lemons
6. Get 1 tsp. mustard
7. Prepare 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
8. Prepare 1 tsp. fresh rosemary chopped finely
9. Get 1/2 tsp salt flakes
10. Take 1 tbsp olive oil
11. Prepare 1 tbsp butter

Instructions to make Flat brined roast chicken with lemon and herbs:

1. Put the water, salt and sugar into a large pan
2. Stir for a while until the salt and sugar dissolve
3. And the water is clear again
4. Submerge the chicken in the pan, put the lid on and store in the fridge for an hour.
5. Wash and chop the herbs and grate the zest of two large lemons. Give them a good scrub beforehand if they aren't organic. Add the mustard, oil, pepper, juice of half a lemon and salt and mix well
6. After an hour take the chicken out and put it on a board covered with kitchen paper. Dry it. Start to pre-heat the oven to 250°
7. With a sharp knife carefully make some cuts in the chicken
8. Fill the spaces with the herby paste and put the chicken on a lined baking tray or roasting dish and place it in the oven
9. Put the butter and the grated zest and juice of one lemon in a small pan. Heat gently until the butter has melted
10. After 10 minutes take the chicken out. Turn the oven down to 200°. Baste the chicken with the melted butter and lemon
11. Baste underneath too
12. Leave for about 40 minutes taking it out once or twice to baste with the juices
13. When it is cooked, leave to rest on a plate while you prepare a salad or some steamed veg
14. Serve and enjoy. The meat should be tasty and moist. I will definitely brine again - it makes a real difference.
15. Have a nice tasty week all 😊☺

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