Recipe: Lemon Herbed Spatchcock Chicken with Giblet Gravy

♥️ #Valentines dinner with the family at home. 

LEMON HERBED SPATCHCOCK CHICKEN with GIBLET GRAVY. 

Google on how to #spatchcock a chicken. This method helps cook the chicken evenly and keeps the chicken stable in the roasting pan. The herbs I used were extra special because I grew them in the garden...including the pechay. 

.

I used Magnolia Free Range Chicken because they are smaller which is just the right size for our family of four; healthier and tastier because they are leaner with less fat and are not fed with conventional feeds that make them really big. It also comes with their giblets- liver, heart and gizzard in a small packet inside the dressed carcass. 

.

Simply rub the whole chicken, especially under the skin with:

👉🏼1/2 tsp rock salt

👉🏼1/2 tsp black pepper

👉🏼Juice of 1 lemon

👉🏼1 tsp oregano

👉🏼1/2 tsp rosemary

👉🏼sprigs of mint

👉🏼3 cloves minced garlic

👉🏼 drizzle of olive oil 

Roast or broil in turbo broiler until brown and crisp outside. Serve with buttered marble potatoes, carrots and pechay. 

.

Chop the gibblets and sauté them in butter with some of the same herbs. Season with salt, pepper, sugar and the roasted chicken drippings. Add a bit of white wine to make it liquid. Purée with a handheld blender. Serve with the chicken. 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, Everyone!