# Garlic and Curry Butter Roast Chicken

Garlic and curry butter roast chicken with baked basmati rice.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 75 g butter
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 2 3 cloves garlic
- pinch parsley
- 4 5 onions
- drizzle olive oil
- salt
- black pepper
- 2 lemons
- sliced aubergine
- sliced courgette
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 2 cups boiling water

## Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 170°C.
2. Prepare garlic and curry butter.
3. Place halved onions in the base of the roasting dish.
4. Separate the skin from the chicken breasts with a spoon.
5. Massage curried butter under the chicken skin.
6. Coat the outside generously with more garlic butter, then drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.
7. Season the cavity of the chicken with salt and pepper, then stuff it with lemon halves.
8. Roast for 80–90 minutes.
9. Add sliced aubergine and courgette to the roasting dish and toss them gently in the cooking juices.
10. Baste the chicken every 20 minutes.
11. Remove the cooked chicken from the oven, cover it with foil, and let it rest.
12. Increase the oven temperature to 200°C.
13. Discard the outer layer of the onions in the roasting dish.
14. Pour basmati rice into the dish and mix it with the cooking juices, roasted onions, aubergine, and courgette.
15. Add boiling water and stir well.
16. Cover and return the dish to the oven for 20 minutes, until the rice is fully cooked and the vegetables are tender.

## Equipment

- roasting dish
- spoon
- foil

## Tips

- Use a spoon to separate the skin from the chicken breasts and massage curried butter under the skin.
- Baste the chicken every 20 minutes for the best results.
- Let the chicken rest for at least 20 minutes covered with foil.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJOSwSkMgHl/?igsh=MWZwM2s5djY5b2ZlNA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0dc227ab-2364-40d2-b311-d07bd18e8985
- Extracted: 2025-06-14

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