Jamie Oliver I have to admit, love him or hate him, is my go-to chef. When I’m in need of meal ideas or inspiration, or if I just want to check flavours will work for a recipe I have thought up, I will always go to Jamie first. We have lots of his recipe books at home. I tend to grab for one of them when my brain stops working and I can’t think of a dinner we would all enjoy.
Mr Oliver, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a TV chef in the UK and he is one of the best selling recipe book authors too. He’s an inspiration to me and I think he’s fantastic at cooking a roast chicken too. My Dad was the king of roast dinners but he wasn’t a fan of roast chicken. So when I need to find a roast chicken recipe I always turn to Jamie.
My family and I love a roast chicken and occasionally I like to vary the way we cook it. So I found a chicken in milk recipe in a Jamie cook book and I decided to alter the ingredients. For the record, I’m not dairy intolerant but I have a condition which means I know I’m not supposed to eat a lot of it. So instead of cows milk I used oat milk as a substitute and the results were delicious. Thanks Jamie for a yummy dinner and I’ll be making this one more often now. Below is a video and recipe for you.
Serves 4 – 6
Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Zester
- Chopping board
- Baking tray that’s a snug fit for the chicken
- Resting board
- Carving knife
- Carving fork
Ingredients
- Chicken x 1.5 kg
- Olive oil x 4 – 6 tbsp
- Ground cinnamon x 1 teaspoon
- Fresh sage leaves x 6 – 8
- Lemon x 1 (zest and juice)
- Garlic cloves x 10
- Milk x 600ml
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 190 ° C or gas mark 5 and put the baking tray in.
- Once the oven is hot remove the baking tray.
- Put the garlic and sage leaves in the bottom of the tray.
- Place the chicken on top and spread the olive oil over.
- Grate the lemon zest over the top of the chicken.
- Slice the lemon in half and squeeze the juice over the chicken as well.
- Place the lemon skins inside the cavity of the chicken.
- Spread the olive oil as evenly as possible over the chicken.
- Pour in the milk and sprinkle the cinnamon into the milk.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Now put the chicken into the oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- Baste the chicken with the juice when you remember.
- To check the chicken is cooked put a skewer into the flesh and if the juices run clear it’s cooked.
- If it’s not cooked leave in the oven for another 5 minutes and keep checking until the juices run clear.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and leave for 5 – 10 minutes on the resting board.
- Pour the juices through the colander into the jug.
- Next pour the juices into a saucepan and add a couple of tablespoons of cornflour.
- Stir until the juices start to thicken and leave on a low heat.
- Meanwhile carve the chicken and plate up the meal.
- Finally pour over the gravy, serve and enjoy.
Jamie’s Chicken in Milk made a yummy alternative to our usual Sunday roast and one I will definitely be trying again. We served ours with roast potatoes, honey roast parsnips and carrots and steamed cabbage. It was a proper roast dinner on Sunday but my favourite part was the gravy. The milk added a beautiful creaminess to the juices that made it into one of the best gravies. We all loved this version of roast chicken and I will be making it again soon. However you decide to eat this dinner, as always, enjoy.
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