What to have with Roast Chicken... but not a roast!

[CimCardashian]

Really fancy roasting a chicken but can't be arsed with all the trimmings for a roast.

What else goes well? Will it be dry without some kind of sauce?

I do it with Coleslaw and basmati rice. Sometimes also macaroni cheese pie.

My fussy family LOVES this recipe:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-lemons-sumac-spiced-yogurt

Served with salad and new potatoes. It's really summery and delicious

Nice thread!

Love roast chicken with bread and butter.

Mexican style with chipotle rub, tomato rice, guacamole and sour cream 😋

Cous cous and roasted Mediterranean veg

Make a Caesar salad and have with garlic bread

Baked potatoes and salads. Just get it make a good dressing and proper butter for the baked potatoes done in the oven not microwave!

Flatbreads and wraps with salad and hummus and other dippy things you can buy in the shops

I love a roast chicken and bought one last week but the seal in our oven broke & the temp is dodgy so I had to put it in the slow cooker - it's not he same at all

Chips!

Or just a few bits from a roast not “all the trimmings” - sometimes I go all out. Other times i do a few roast potatoes and a bit of steamed veg

Bearnaise sauce or aoili are great with roast chicken if you're worried about it being dry without a sauce.

Roast chicken with sliced tomatoes and a baguette. I just put the ceramic dish I roast it in in the middle of the table and everyone dives in, dipping their bread in the juice!! Lots of salt and pepper and Mayo on the side. Yum!

Another vote for salad and baguettes, I'd add coleslaw and a few olives.

Oooh… aioli. Now you’re talking!!

Wraps, salad, pomegranate molasses and tzatziki/sour cream/mayo.

The Jamie Oliver roast chicken from 5 Ingredients is delicious. You rub the chicken with tikka paste and sit it directly on the oven shelf. Chop potatoes and cauliflower and place in a roasting tin with olive oil and a little red wine vinegar and put this on the shelf under the chicken.
The juices from the chicken flavour the veg. It is very tasty.

This is delicious: www.nigella.com/recipes/tagliatelle-with-chicken-from-the-venetian-ghetto

Butter, lemon zest and tarragon under the skin and then cover the breast with Parma ham. When cooked the ham will be crisp and good crumbled into a green salad. Just add new potatoes.

I like to do it Nando's style. Spatchcock and rub in peri peri seasoning and serve with salad, lots of avocado, crusty warm bread and spicy rice.

We often have a "summer roast" where I basically spatchcock the chicken, plaster it in various seasoning (sometimes garlic/lemon/oregano/salt, sometimes Italian seasoning out of a jar) and lay it over a tray of potato wedges/peppers/red onion/courgettes) and bung it in the oven.

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We often have a roast chicken with crusty bread and salad.

A spicy Aubergine Curry side dish?

www.spicepots.com/blogs/recipes/roast-aubergine-curry

Crusty bread, mayo and a squeeze of lemon juice 🤤

@AdaColeman

Chips & lashings of mayonnaise.

Mushroom risotto.

Buttered tagliatelle plus gravy.

Buttered tagliatelle and gravy - I am not sure whether I want to try it or run away 😂

Roast garlic potatoes with loads of garlic butter sea salt and parsley

Roast vine tomatoes

Steamed asparagus, with cooked peas, wilted spinach and sautéed courgette strips. Add them all in a pan with a ladle of the liquid from boiling the peas, a good dollop of salted butter, loads of black pepper and loads of torn basil. Mix together.

These three side dishes with a roast chicken are my idea of food heaven!

A favourite here is to simply roast it with half a lemon and half a bulb of garlic inside and a small glass of white on the roasting tin. Cover with foil for one hour and then remove for 40 mins to brown.

Transfer chicken to carving tray and strain fat from juices - add 1/2 lemon juice to juices and a smidge of garlic and salt and pepper. Snip bunch of parsley, mint, chives and lemon thyme to the juices and bubble - stir in a good wadge of butter.

Carve onto a warm platter and pour over herb sauce.
Serve with roasted new potatoes dusted with parmesan and a green, leafy salad.

We had roast chicken last night with spicy stuffed peppers and a butternut/beetroot/ feta salad.