Spicy Roast Chicken
Created by TeresaS on January 28, 2016
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 55m
- Recipe #22686
Ingredients
- 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
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350°.
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Step 2: Using a large cleaver, or knife, cut the chicken in half by cutting down the backbone and along the breastbone.
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Step 3: To prevent the wings from burning, tuck them underneath.,.
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Step 4: Place the chicken, skin-side-up, on a rack in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Step 8: Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (440.2 g)
- Calories 450.8
- Total Fat - 14.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.8 g
- Cholesterol - 967.8 mg
- Sodium - 956.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 2.6 g
- Protein - 71.2 g
- Calcium - 59.7 mg
- Iron - 10.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 20.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg