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Spicy Roast Chicken

Here's how you make Spicy Roast Chicken
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 55m
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 whole (3 1/2 pound) chicken
  • 3 teaspoons red chilies, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 teaspoons peppercorns, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar, soft
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons butter, chopped
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350°.

  • Step 2: Using a large cleaver, or knife, cut the chicken in half by cutting down the backbone and along the breastbone.

  • Step 3: To prevent the wings from burning, tuck them underneath.,.

  • Step 4: Place the chicken, skin-side-up, on a rack in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.

  • Step 5: Meanwhile, combine the chili, garlic, peppercorns and sugar in a food processor or mortar and pestle and process briefly or pound, until smooth.

  • Step 6: Add the soy sauce, turmeric and lime juice, and process in short bursts, or stir if using a mortar and pestle, until combined.

  • Step 7: Brush the spice mixture over the chicken, dot it with the butter pieces and bake it for another 25 to 30 minutes, or until cooked through and rich red.

  • Step 8: Serve warm or at room temperature.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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