Whole Roast Chicken Recipes, Pot Roasted Mustard Chicken.

Very tasty variation on Whole Roast Chicken Recipes.

POT ROASTED MUSTARD CHICKEN

Servings: 4

Preparation Time: 25 minutes

Cooking Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 tbsp Olive oil

1 x 1.6kg chicken

2 tbsp grain mustard

2 Carrots, roughly chopped

1 onion, roughly chopped

25g unsalted butter

1 carrot, finely diced

1 onion, finely diced

1 leek, trimmed and finely chopped

140ml chicken stock

175ml dry white wine

1 tsp white wine vinegar

1 tbsp chopped Parsley

1 tbsp chopped tarragon

1 tbsp chopped Chives

freshly milled black pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4.

Heat the oil in a large pan and brown the chicken on all sides, then strain the oil into a large oven-proof casserole.

Brush the chicken well with the mustard and place in the casserole.

Add the roughly chopped carrots and onions, cover with a lid and transfer to the oven for about one hour.

Test by pricking the thickest part of the leg to see if the juices run clear.

Meanwhile melt the butter in a separate pan and add the finely diced carrot, onions and leeks.

Sweat slowly without colouring them.

When the chicken is cooked, remove from the casserole and leave to rest.

Add the stock, white wine and vinegar to the juices and vegetables in the casserole and cook for 5 minutes.

Now strain the casserole juices over the diced cooked vegetables in the pan and bring to the boil.

Check for seasoning, and shake in the parsley, tarragon and chives.

Put in the whole roast chicken and pour the broth over before serving.