Leeks

Roasted chicken with leeks

Name: Roasted chicken with leeks
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Plats principaux
Ingredients: 1 package of 250 g (4 cups) of Les cultures de chez nous sliced leeks; 490 gr of goat cheese; 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of smooth butter at room temperature; 4 chopped garlic cloves; 1 whole chicken of about 2 kg; Ground salt and pepper

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Author: Les Cultures de chez nous

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Preparation 10

Baking 75

Portions 4

Freezing No

Ingredients Preparation

Ingredients

1 package of 250 g (4 cups) of Les cultures de chez nous sliced leeks
490 gr of goat cheese
30 ml (2 tablespoons) of smooth butter at room temperature
4 chopped garlic cloves
1 whole chicken of about 2 kg
Ground salt and pepper

Preparation

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Preheat oven at 180 °C (350 °F).
In a small bowl, mix goat cheese, Les Cultures de chez nous sliced leeks, butter, chopped garlic, thyme leaves then season.
With fingers, remove chicken skin, without breaking, till the legs. Stuff about 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of the cheese and leeks mixture under the skin of each chicken pieces. With the remaining, just stuff it inside the chicken. Tie up, if posible, the legs. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminium paper. Set chicken over it.
Dry the skin and lightly oil. Generously salt and pepper. Salt makes the skin more crispy.
Oven bake uncovered for 1 hour 45 minutes. If the skin cooks too much, cover chicken with aluminium paper while baking. After cooking, cool down chicken 5 minutes to tender its flesh.