The Susanne

I got the gist of this recipe from Rachael Ray, she called it her lazy Sunday dinner. I have made it count­less times and per­fec­ted it to my own tastes, and must say it’s simply delish!

You’ll need:

• 1 chicken, about 1,5 kg
• 2 potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 swede
• 3 onions
• 1 broc­coli
  
• 1 dl tar­ragon, chopped
• 1 dl pars­ley, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp butter, room temperature
• 1 dl water
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar

Set the oven to 200 degrees celsius.

Chop the veget­ables into 1 cm thick pieces and place them (except 1 onion) in an oven dish. Pour over a the water and vin­egar, and put aside.

Wash the chicken, inside and out. Pat it dry with kit­chen roll. Stuff the last chopped onion in the chicken and tie together the legs with kit­chen string, clos­ing the crevice.

Rub the chick all over with salt and pepper, and then with butter. Place the chicken on top of the veget­ables in the dish.

In a small bowl, mix the herbs and the garlic with olive oil and lemon juice, and let them sit for a sec before rub­bing them all over the chicken. Sprinkle what’s left over over the top of the chicken.

Place the whole thing in the oven and leave it for about one hour. It might be a good idea to check after 45 minutes as you don’t want the chicken to become dry!

Move the chicken and the veget­ables to a serving dish and keep warm whilst you deglaze the oven dish to make a deli­cious sauce. Maybe adding some chicken stock for extra deliciousness…?