This roast chicken is meltingly tender and full of lovely garlic flavours.

Ingredients

• 1 x size 16 Free Range Chicken
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 bulbs of garlic
• Juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• thyme leaves

Method

Preheat the oven to 150 C. Place the chicken in a small roasting dish. Roughly chop the garlic bulbs and sit snugly around the chicken with a chunk in the cavity as well. Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and lemon juice, sprinkle with lemon zest, thyme leaves, salt and pepper. Roast for 2 1/2 - 3 hours until the chicken is tender and the garlic is soft and well coloured. Serve with creamy mash and steamed greens.