Slow Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken

Slow Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken is an easy way to roast chicken. You can go off and do something else for a couple of hours and when you come back you have succulent chicken with crisp skin and the meat falling off the bone.

Before roasting rub the chicken with lemon pepper seasoning. If you don’t have any, then use freshly ground black pepper and a little lemon zest to give a similar flavour.

 What makes the Slow Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken so succulent is the ‘bath’ of water, onions and carrots, which gently steams the chicken from below.  At the same time, he heat from the oven toasts the skin till it’s crisp.  

Serving Suggestion

Serve the Slow Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken with mashed potatoes. I like to mash my potatoes with a generous knob of butter and a splash of milk.

Spring cabbage is delicious and seasonal to serve with the chicken, but any green vegetable will complement this meal. 

Don’t forget the Gravy

Make gravy with the juices from the roasting tin, capture all the flavour and the lovely lemon pepper flavour. 

 I use an old enamelled lidded roaster which belonged to my mother-in-law. If you don’t have one, then simply make a tent of aluminium foil over a roasting tin to capture the steam. 

Leftover Slow Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken 

Roast Chicken is a family favourite, it’s easy to make and, there are always leftovers to use for a second meal like this Leftover Turkey and Leek Pasta Bake or a Leftover Club Sub Sandwich. Both of these recipes were developed for leftover turkey but they work just as well with leftover chicken. 

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Slow Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken

A succulent slowly roasted chicken flavoured with lemon pepper seasoning.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: British

Keyword: chicken, easy, red pepper, roast

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 316kcal

Author: Janice Pattie

Ingredients

• 1 medium roasting chicken
• 2 carrots
• 2 medium onions
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil I used Scottish rape seed oil
• 1 tsp lemon pepper
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 800 ml cold water

Metric - US Customary units

Instructions

• Heat the oven to 180C
• Peel the onions and quarter, wash the carrots (no need to peel) and roughly chop, place in the base of your roasting tin.
• Place the chicken on top of the vegetables, rub with the oil and cover with the lemon pepper and salt.
• Pour the water round the chicken and put the lid on the roaster, or create a tent over your chicken with aluminium foil.
• Roast at 180C for 20 minutes, then turn the heat down to 140C and cook for a further 2 hours.

Notes

If you don't have lemon pepper seasoning, use freshly ground black pepper and a 1/4 tsp of grated lemon zest.

Nutrition

Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 305mg | Potassium: 359mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3575IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg

This Slow Roasted Chicken is my entry for the Slow Cooked Challenge, the blogging challenge I run with Lucy from Baking Queen 74.  

Lucy is hosting this month and has chosen the theme of ‘Spring’. I think this dish is perfect for spring, stick it in the oven and get outside into the garden for a couple of hours. Your warming dinner will be cooking away while you work and ready for you coming in. 

If you would like to know more about the Slow Cooked Challenge, then visit the Slow Cooked Challenge page featuring all the challenges and Slow Cooked recipes linked up since January 2014.