Roasted chicken with leeks recipe 4508 c7d75490-ea20-41ac-abfc-86b6824c9c88 Crazy Leeks Crazy Leeks 11/28/2019 4:37:19 p.m. 0 0 85 4 Plats principaux Christmas Meat, fish and seafood Leeks
Roasted chicken with leeks

Roasted chicken with leeks

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Ingredients
  • 1 package of 250 g (4 cups) of Les cultures de chez nous sliced leeks
  • 490 gr of goat cheese
  • 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of smooth butter at room temperature
  • 4 chopped garlic cloves
  • 1 whole chicken of about 2 kg
  • Ground salt and pepper
Preparation
Side-by-side mode
  • Preheat oven at 180 °C (350 °F).
  • In a small bowl, mix goat cheese, Les Cultures de chez nous sliced leeks, butter, chopped garlic, thyme leaves then season.
  • With fingers, remove chicken skin, without breaking, till the legs. Stuff about 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of the cheese and leeks mixture under the skin of each chicken pieces. With the remaining, just stuff it inside the chicken. Tie up, if posible, the legs. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminium paper. Set chicken over it.
  • Dry the skin and lightly oil. Generously salt and pepper. Salt makes the skin more crispy.
  • Oven bake uncovered for 1 hour 45 minutes. If the skin cooks too much, cover chicken with aluminium paper while baking. After cooking, cool down chicken 5 minutes to tender its flesh.

Roasted chicken with leeks

Ingredients
  • 1 package of 250 g (4 cups) of Les cultures de chez nous sliced leeks
  • 490 gr of goat cheese
  • 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of smooth butter at room temperature
  • 4 chopped garlic cloves
  • 1 whole chicken of about 2 kg
  • Ground salt and pepper
Preparation
Side-by-side mode
  • Preheat oven at 180 °C (350 °F).
  • In a small bowl, mix goat cheese, Les Cultures de chez nous sliced leeks, butter, chopped garlic, thyme leaves then season.
  • With fingers, remove chicken skin, without breaking, till the legs. Stuff about 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of the cheese and leeks mixture under the skin of each chicken pieces. With the remaining, just stuff it inside the chicken. Tie up, if posible, the legs. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminium paper. Set chicken over it.
  • Dry the skin and lightly oil. Generously salt and pepper. Salt makes the skin more crispy.
  • Oven bake uncovered for 1 hour 45 minutes. If the skin cooks too much, cover chicken with aluminium paper while baking. After cooking, cool down chicken 5 minutes to tender its flesh.

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