End of exams!!!!!!

Finally! Exams have ended and i'm back to my usual self now haha. Wow, it's been ages ago since i've updated my blog, i forgot it ever existed! Blame holidays and exams. When my family came over, cooking became a chore which took the fun out of it. What consisted of cooking repetitive fish for dinner due to my parent's strict diet. Then exams took over, dinner consisted of microwaved frozen leftovers in front of the computer screens andon the Stewart Mason staircase. Bland and plain bad i say.

Anyways, i made this just two days after the dreaded tests. Honey garlic roasted chicken with sesame seeds. My first time using a whole chicken which the butcher was thankful for.

What i had was:

1.5 kg of whole chicken,(best use medium instead of baby)

50 g of salted butter melted

A bunch of fresh thyme

2 oranges, pierced

salt

black sesame seeds

a squeeze of honey

5 cloves of garlic chopped finely

olive oil

The bed of vegetables comprised of:

2 stalks of celery

3 carrots

1 large onion

1 red onion

4 cloves of unpeeled garlic

Firstly, rub the chicken with salt under the skin, along with the garlic and butter. Next, lodge an orange into the chicken cavity. That gives it a bit of zing. Oh, and the bunch of thyme as well. Lend a subtle aroma to the chicken. Next, cut the other orange into quarters and place an orange wedge on each side of the chicken thigh. The other 2 wedges into the cavity please. Drizzle a squeeze of honey all over the chicken ang massage it. Lastly drizzle olive oil

Next, to prepare the vegetables, chopped them roughly and make a bed on an oven tray. No need to chop the garlic.Next place the chicken on the vege bed.

Make sure you preheat the oven gas Mark 9 beforehand (15 mins). Pop them in the oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes and baste the chicken halfway. When it's cooked carve the chicken,at the thigh and drumstick joints, the wings and the breasts. Make another drizzle of honey all over.

You can even make gravy frm the chicken juices and vegetables, just add stock, simmer and reduce. You can add gravy granules (like i did) or corn flour. Just the way Zaw likes it.hehe. Do not worry if the chicken looks burnt. That's just the caramelised honey, Serweeet.

End result, well it made my friends happy . My girlfriend especially. hehe. They were quite excited on the sheer size of it. Yum yum. Photos courtesy of an enthusiastic Jerry with his new toy.