Juicy One-Pan Chermoula Roast Chicken
🌟Transform Mid-Week Meals with this Flavour Packed Moroccan inspired Roast + 6 Clever Ways to Maximise your roast for the week. Recipe of the Week.🌟
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What is it about roast chicken that stirs in us, feelings of nostalgia & desire, comfort & togetherness?
A roast is a gift that keeps on giving, with great potential for generousity of flavours. And portions, I might add. A fate that hinges on the mercy and generosity of whomever does the carving, as they may choose to devour the best bits, or save them for all to share. For many of us, a roast is a token of slow winding weekends, memorable moments shared with loved ones, cooked and served in so many ways. I especially enjoy the joyous abundance of Sunday roast, perhaps the ultimate feast of the week for Brits in particular. I wonder…what does a roast mean to you, and how do you love yours?
Not just for the weekend!
However, synonymous to weekend feasting, I have come to recognise a roast’s potential for effective, time saving and utterly delicious batch cooking. This herbaceous and garlicky golden roast has become a favourite in my home, for its bright flavours and versatility in everything from salads, wraps, stews to pasta.
Since coming to terms with time becoming a luxury that I cannot always afford, I can only imagine what it must be like for you. I have been working on a very special set of recipes to help home cooks maximise flavour, time and ingredients. My lack of time, has not quelled my desire for rapturous flavours. In this one pan of golden herb glazed chicken with carrots and potatoes soaking up all that rich flavour from the chermoula, garlic and natural stock and fat from the chicken, I have been inspired to lean into this joyous abundance whenever I like, be it on a Monday, Wednesday or Sunday, and so can you.
A roast is not just for the weekend. With a few clever ideas, you too can make the most of a roast for the week, as a useful idea for batch cooking, saving you precious time and energy, without sacrificing the pleasures of a joyous feast.
I hope you try this recipe and the many ways you can stretch this one pan dish for the rest of the week. Do tag me when you make these @leratofoods on instagram or facebook and use the hashtag #AfricanaCookbook #CookwithLerato I love to see what recipes you have been enjoying and others in our community will be inspired to. Now let’s get cooking!
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6 delicious ideas to make the most of your roast
Double the roast
With the time it takes to cook one roast chicken, you can cook two. Save your time and gas/electricity by cooking two roasts side by side.