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Clay-Roasted Herb Chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Clay-Roasted Herb Chicken

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Clay-Roasted Herb Chicken

Here’s a fun and easy way to cook chickens: encase the birds in special clay that hardens during roasting, trapping heat and juices inside for succulent, flavorful meat. Everyone will enjoy cracking the baked clay with a mallet to release the chickens.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

341
Calories
34g
Protein
15g
Fat
18g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Green Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 8 Tbs. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 Tbs. finely chopped shallot
  • 1 tsp. lemon zest
  • 2 Tbs. finely sliced green onion, green portion only
  • 2 tsp. chopped fresh thyme
  • 3 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 Tbs. kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
  • 2 chickens, each 4 1/2 to 5 lb.
  • 9 lb. roasting clay

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By williamssonoma · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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