Delicious Roast Chicken with Crispy Potatoes

Ingredients:

• Chicken Pieces ( 2 per person)
• Mayonnaise (One spoon per piece)
• Potatoes (Roughly 2/3 per-person)
• Frozen vegetables* (150g per person)
• Salt.
• Oil for drizzling.
• Mixed Herbs.
• Chicken Stock*
• Flour*

(* Optional for roast vegetables and gravy)

Price:

• Chicken Pieces (2 per person) = R12,00 for two pieces (PicknPay)
• Mayonnaise (Two table spoons per person(30 grams) =R1,50 (PicknPay)
• Potatoes (3 per person)= R4,60 (PicknPay)
• Frozen vegetables(150grams per person)= R4,00 (PicknPay) *
• Chicken Stock(1 cube for gravy)=R1,00 (PicknPay)*
• 2 tbs oil= R1,00 (PicknPay)
• Extras: Flour, Salt , Mixed Herbs (Quantities are very small) =R1,00
• Total: R25,10

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.

Chicken:

1. Place the chicken pieces into an oven safe dish.
2. Grind salt over the chicken and then top each piece of chicken with a spoon of mayonnaise.
3. Use your hands and rub the mayonnaise over and around all the chicken pieces. Make sure the pieces are well covered.
4. Place the Chicken in the oven for 1hr.
5. Remove from oven and serve.

Potatoes:

1. Peel the potatoes, cut them into quarters and place in a microwave and oven safe dish.
2. Pour about 100ml of water over the potatoes and microwave for 5 min.
3. Remove from microwave and drain remaining liquid. Follow by scraping/poking with a fork. This roughens the edges which adds to the crispiness.
4. Drizzle with a little bit of oil and top with a bit of salt, mixed herbs and paprika.
5. Place in the oven for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Remove from oven and serve.

Roast Vegetables(optional):

1. Pour out your desired amount of frozen veg into an oven safe dish.
2. Dress with a drizzle of oil and a bit of salt.
3. Place in the oven for 40 minutes (varies depending on the vegetables so make sure to keep checking to ensure they don’t burn)
4. Remove from the oven and serve.

Gravy:

1. Remove the chicken pieces from the dish and pour all remaining liquid into a pot.
2. Add half a cube of chicken stock and heat up.
3. Slowly add one table spoon of flour at a time while stirring. Keep doing this until you reach your desired thickness.
4. Pour over the chicken and potatoes and ENJOY!