The Hairy Bikers roast chicken with trimmings recipe on This Morning

Si and Dave served up a tasty roast chicken and trimmings on This Morning.

The ingredients are: 1.5 – 1.8kg chicken, trussed and giblets removed, 1 onion, thickly sliced, 1 parsley sprig, 1 thyme sprig, 20g butter, ½ a lemon, Sea salt and black pepper.

For the lemon zest stuffing: 15g butter, ½ onion, finely chopped, 2 celery sticks, finely chopped, 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 100g breadcrumbs, Zest of 1 lemon, Small bunch of parsley, finely chopped, leaves from 2 sprigs of tarragon, finely chopped and 1 egg.

For the gravy: 1 tbsp flour, 100ml white wine and 300ml chicken stock.


See the recipe in the book: The Hairy Bikers’ British Classics: Over 100 recipes celebrating timeless cooking and the nation’s favourite dishes available from Amazon now.