Delicious Lemon and Olive Roast Chicken

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken

2 lemons, quartered

6 sprigs thyme

500g baby potatoes, halves

4-6 cloves of garlic, whole

2 red onions, quartered

100g green olives, pitted’

80g chorizo, sliced (optional)

Olive Oil

Maldon Salt

Black Pepper

Method:

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Place the potatoes and 1 lemon in a large roasting dish. Drizzle with olive oil, and season well with salt and pepper.

Take the other quartered lemon, and place it inside the cavity of the chicken, along with half of the thyme.

Rub the chicken with olive oil, and season well with Maldon salt and pepper. Place the chicken in the centre
of the vegetables. Place in oven and roast for 45minutes.

Remove from the oven and add the garlic,  red onion, olives, chorizo and the rest of the thyme the dish.

Turn the oven down to 180°C and roast for a further 15-25 minutes, depending on the size of your chicken.