{"id":3221,"date":"2025-12-05T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:17:49","slug":"festive-roast-chicken-south-african-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/12\/05\/festive-roast-chicken-south-african-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Festive Roast Chicken (South African Style)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A golden festive roast chicken rubbed with herbs, filled with lemon and onion, and brushed with a sweet apricot glaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Serves: <\/strong>4\u20136<br><strong>Cooking time: <\/strong>1 hr 35\u201345 min + cooling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 whole chicken (1.5\u20132 kg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tsp salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp black pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tsp paprika<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp mixed dried herbs (origanum, thyme, rosemary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Tbsp butter, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 lemon, halved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 garlic cloves, crushed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 large onion, quartered<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh rosemary or thyme sprigs (optional)<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Festive Glaze:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 Tbsp apricot jam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Tbsp soy sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Tbsp wholegrain mustard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Preheat<\/strong>&nbsp;the oven to 180\u00b0C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Place<\/strong>&nbsp;the chicken in an oven proof dish and rub the spices and herbs over it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stuff<\/strong>&nbsp;the cavity with lemon halves, garlic, onion, and fresh herbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Place<\/strong>&nbsp;into the hot oven and roast for 1 hour or until cooked through and juices run clear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Whisk<\/strong>&nbsp;together all glaze ingredients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Once<\/strong>&nbsp;the chicken is cooked, brush the glaze over the chicken.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Roast<\/strong>&nbsp;another 10 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rest<\/strong>&nbsp;10 minutes before carving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Serve with Pick n pay roast baby potato kit &amp; glazed baby carrots.<br><br>Left over chicken makes delicious sandwiches the next day, just add mayo and crispy lettuce!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnp.co.za\/recipes\/festive-roast-chicken\">Shop the ingredients at Pick n Pay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A golden festive roast chicken rubbed with herbs, filled with lemon and onion, and brushed with a sweet apricot glaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}