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Roast chicken with braised chicory & tarragon sauce
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Roast chicken with braised chicory & tarragon sauce

15 ingredients 20 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Roast chicken with braised chicory & tarragon sauce

Entertaining can be made easy with this gorgeous Gallic roast chicken recipe from London's Bar Battu

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

584
Calories
34g
Protein
29g
Fat
44g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Chicory not in our table 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

  • 1 bunch tarragon , leaves chopped and stalks left whole
  • 200g salted butter , softened
  • 2 lemons , 1 whole, 1 zested and juiced
  • 1 large free-range chicken , approx 1.5-1.8kg
  • 200g leeks , trimmed, washed and roughly chopped
  • vegetable oil
  • 1 bunch thyme
  • 100g shallots , sliced
  • 150ml white wine
  • 1l chicken stock
  • 50g salted butter
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 2 yellow chicory , halved lengthways
  • ½ orange , juiced
  • 500ml chicken stock

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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