BUTTERFLIED PORTUGUESE CHICKEN

Recipe posted by: Alta De Wet
Photo: Elsabie Templeton
Lockdown day #129🇿🇦 Roast Portuguese flattie chicken with creamy potato bake and Asian coleslaw.
Enjoy this quick and easy meal with lemon mayonnaise if prefered.

• 15 ml olive oil
• 1 tablespoon crushed chillies
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt
• fresh oregano chopped
• 1 tablepspoon paprika
• 80 ml olive oil
• 10 ml red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon barbecue spice
• 2 kg whole chicken
• Sauce:
• 8 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 15 ml lemon juice
• Preheat  gas oven at 180°C.
• Combine the crushed chillies, garlic salt, oregano paprika, olive oil, red wine vinegar and barbecue spice together in a small bowl. Set 125 ml of the sauce aside.
• Using kitchen scissors, cut down either side of chickens backbone. Place chicken breast side up and press down on breastbone to flatten it. Place in a roasting pan. Rub the chicken with 125 ml of the sauce.
• Roast for 1 hour 30 mins, brushing with the remaining sauce occasionally, until golden and cooked though.
• Add mayonnaise to a small bowl and beat in the lemon juice one teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency and flavour.
• Serve chicken with chips and lemon mayonnaise.