Last night I decided on roasting some chicken quarters for lunch. My marinade was very simple yet proved to be very tasty. In fact, this could possibly be the best roast chicken I have made in ages!
My marinade had the following ingredients:
Herbes de Provence
Smashed garlic
Freshly ground pepper
Chicken powder
Fish sauce/Patis
Olive oil
I made sure to clean the chicken quarters with rock salt to remove all the grime and trimmed it of all excess fat. This ensures the chicken from having any foul odor and foul taste. As we say in filipino, it removes the "lansa".
Marinate the chicken overnight and I assure you, you will have really great tasting roast chicken.
Arrange the chicken on a roasting tray and put pats of butter before roasting in the oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
For the gravy, use the pan juices, add flour and cook through. Add some chicken stock and adjust seasoning.
That's it. Very simple and tasty roast chicken.
Herbes de Provence
Herbes de Provence (French pronunciation: [ɛʁb.də.pʁɔ.vɑ̃s]) is a mixture of dried herbstypical of Provence. Formerly simply a descriptive term referring to herbs typical of Provence, in the 1970s, commercial blends started to be sold under this name.[1] These mixtures typically contain savory, fennel,basil, thyme, and, for the American market,lavender leaves, and other herbs, though lavender was not used in traditional southern French cooking.[2]
Information from: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbes_de_Provence
