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Splitting a chicken is very satisfying

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Hmmm…an insane day at work. As the clock ticked and I knew I’d be back late all I could think of was how to short cut my dinner plan without compromising the flavour. On the weekend I thought about splitting a chicken and roasting it. I’ve done this in the past in a hooded barbecue. It worked like a dream and tasted great. This time, thanks to the salmon fishing queen (aka Barb) I can spike my chicken. I also added some chilli flakes and salt and pepper. The vegetables are where I did the short cutting. I was thinking of mashed potato but I brought home a heap of work and needed to use the roasting time for work.

In the end it looked and tasted okay. Best of all I have left over chicken.

From my local Coles

Split and flattened

I needed to make sure the chook’s arse was included too

Cooked perfectly (well in my opinion anyway)

Plated up

To emphasise the chook’s arse and vertebral column

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My first time cooking salt and pepper chicken

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This meal was delicious. I think I may have used a little too much pepper but that’s not a bad thing.

I took 160 g (219 calories) of chicken thigh and cut it into bite sized pieces. I also diced a couple of cocktail potatoes 125 g (225 calories). I put a teaspoon of coarsely ground pepper, a teaspoon of finely ground white pepper, a teaspoon of cooking salt and a good shake of plain flour into a plastic bag. After lightly oiling the chicken and potatoes I shook them in the bag to coat the pieces with salt, pepper and flour. I put the chicken and potato onto a baking tray and put into a moderate to high oven for 20 minutes. I served with peas and carrots.

Salt and pepper chicken