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Kaffir Lime, Chilli, and Lime Roast Chicken

Kaffir Lime, Chilli, and Lime Roast Chicken

Feb 04, 2025

We love these favours with Roast Chicken. It makes a moist, flavoursome bird. You can also use these ingredients to stuff a whole fish. It is equally yummy.

You can adjust the ingredients to suit what you have available or what you like to eat. 

Ingredients

  • One whole chicken approx. 1.5kg

Filling

  • 2cm piece of peeled ginger, chopped roughly or bashed with a rolling pin
  • 3 cloves of garlic crushed or finely minced. The bigger the garlic pieces the more mild the garlic flavour
  • 4 washed, sliced kaffir leaves
  • 4 long red chillies, depending on their spiciness. These are the ones commonly available in the supermarket.
  • 2 x limes or lemons cut in half, or 1 orange . We like to change the citrus depending on what we feel like and what is in season.
  • 1/2 tsp citrus salt or regular salt
  • ground pepper to taste

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C
  2. Rince chicken and then pat dry
  3. Place all ingredients in the cavity of the chicken
  4. Tie or skewer the legs together
  5. Place chicken breast side up in a roasting dish
  6. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and oil
  7. Bake for 1 1/2 hours. check after 1 hour 10 mins. Pearce the thickest part of the leg. The juices should run clear.
  8. Rest for 15 minutes.
  9. Sprinkle approx. 1tsp of sesame oil on the top of the cooked chicken
  10. Decorate for serving

Photo Above: After resting the chicken we cut it in half and squeezed the cooked lime over the inside of the chicken. You can see some of the cooked pulp in the photo. The chicken was fully cooked. The pink pieces are where we have cut through the bone.

Serving Suggestions: We like to serve the chicken butterflied with roast vegetables, salad or rice and green vegetables such as bok choy or broccolini.

Photo Above: Butterflied Chicken with fresh sliced Kaffir leaves and sliced cooked chilli from the cavity of the chicken.