Super Tender, Juicy & Tasty Roast Chicken with Crispy Skin and Chicken Pan Gravy
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Serves: 4 pax
 
Ingredients
The Brine
  • 1.2 litres Water
  • 3.5 tablespoons Salt (50g)
  • 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar (25g)
  • 6 sprigs Thyme
  • 1 sprig Rosemary
  • 2 tablespoon Chopped Garlic
The Stuffings
  • 1 Whole Chicken (About 1kg )
  • 6 Sprigs Thyme
  • 1 sprig Rosemary
  • 1 Bulb Garlic (Skin intact and cut off the top of the garlic)
The Chicken Dripping Gravy
  • 25g Butter
  • 1 tablespoon Plain Flour
  • 1 tablespoon Cream
  • 150 ml chicken/ beef stock
  • ½ teaspoon Sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • Pepper to taste
Others
  • Oil (to brush the chicken before roasting)
  • Vegetables (for roasting); depends on your preference
Instructions
Prepare the Brine
  1. Add all the ingredients for the brine in a pot and bring to boil.
  2. Allow it to cool down before use.
Stuffing the Chicken
  1. Stuff all the herbs into the chicken
  2. Seal the opening by holding the end of the drumsticks together and tie it up with kitchen twine.
  3. Put it into a ziplock bag or a big pot/bowl that can hold the chicken and the brine.
  4. Set aside in chiller until the brine is completely cooled
Brining the Chicken
  1. When the brine is cooled, pour it over the chicken
  2. Ensure that the whole chicken is submerged into the brine.
  3. Allow the chicken in brine to the chiller and allow it to brine for at least 8 hours or overnight, no exceeding 12 hours.
Drying the Chicken Skin
  1. Remove the chicken from the brine and pat dry
  2. Placed it on a wired rack with a baking try underneath to ensure that the bottom of the chicken will also be dried out.
  3. Dry it in the chiller, uncovered, and allow it to dry in the chiller for 4 hrs to 24 hrs.
Roasting the Chicken
  1. Preheat the oven to 200 degree Celsius (fan assisted) 30 minutes before roasting. For non fan-assisted oven, preheat the oven at 220 degree celsius and do rotate the chicken halfway during roasting for a more even roast.
  2. Brush the chicken skin with oil
  3. Roast the chicken on a rack for 45 mins to 60 mins, or until the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken becomes 65 degree celsius and the skin turns golden brown.
  4. Add in any vegetables into the oven, under the chicken, based on the cooking time of the vegetable. Example, if corn takes 15 mins to roast, add into the oven 15 mins before the chicken will be done.
  5. Allow it to chicken to rest for 10 mins before serving; Reserve the chicken dripping on the baking tray for the gravy
Preparing the Chicken Dripping Gravy
  1. Melt the butter and stir in flour. Stir and cook until the flour mixture become slightly brown
  2. Gradually add in the stock and stir until the gravy thicken.
  3. Add in cream, salt, pepper and chicken dripping reserved in the baking tray from roasting the chicken into the gravy. Stir in and serve.
Recipe by eckitchensg at http://eckitchensg.com/2016/12/super-tender-juicy-tasty-roast-chicken-crispy-skin-chicken-pan-gravy/