Roast Chicken on Salt

This is an old family recipe for chicken on salt from Russia.

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken, plucked and dressed
  • 1 lemon, quartered
  • 4 peeled cloves of garlic
  • Several sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • 1 kg salt
Roast Chicken on Salt

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Procedure

  1. Stuff the chicken with the quartered lemon, garlic and rosemary.
  2. Bind the chicken ready for roasting.
  3. Fill a baking tray with the salt and place the chicken on top.
  4. Roast for 90 minutes at 190°C. The flesh should be moist and the skin crisp.