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Portuguese-style chicken

  • Time to make: 7 hrs 50 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • ¼ cup no-added-salt tomato paste
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice, plus 1 extra lemon, quartered
  • 1 red chilli, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • ½ cup fresh oregano or marjoram
  • 1 whole chicken, size 20, skinned
  • 5-6 sprigs fresh thyme, broken in half
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 3 carrots, sliced
  • 3 cups mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ cup white wine
  • 1 cup liquid reduced-salt chicken stock made using
  • 2 teaspoons salt-reduced stock powder
  • ¼ cup olives, halved (optional)
  • 500g potatoes mashed with skim milk, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat slow cooker and turn to low. To make marinade paste, place oil, garlic, paste, lemon zest and juice, chilli, paprika and oregano in a blender and process until smooth. Season.

    2 Rinse out chicken and place lemon wedges and thyme inside the cavity. Secure filled chicken with a skewer.

    3 Pat paste all over chicken and place in a slow cooker with vegetables, wine and stock. Cook for 6 1/2–7 1/2 hours, adding olives (if using) for the final hour.

    4 Serve with mashed potatoes sprinkled with fresh parsley if preferred.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free tomato paste and stock, and check paprika is gluten free.

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