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Roast chicken is a dish for all seasons. Serve with a green salad and some crusty bread in summer or with roast potatoes, carrots and peas for winter. Use our <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/roast-calculator">roasting calculator</a> to work out the exact times and temperatures for your roast.

Each serving provides 270 kcal, 46g protein, 0g carbohydrates (of which 0g sugars), 9.5g fat (of which 2.5g saturates), 0g fibre and 0.6g salt.

Roast chicken

lemon

thyme

2–3 garlic cloves

olive oil

sea salt and freshly ground back pepper, to taste

This easy Mediterranean chicken recipe is a great meal to have bubbling away on the stove for a simple supper with friends or a family-friendly mid-week meal. This is designed to be a low cost recipe.

This recipe is perfect for batch cooking, cook the chicken sauce and divide it into portions and pop in the freezer, it will keep in the freezer for 2 months. You can cook the potatoes while you reheat the sauce. 

Mediterranean chicken with potatoes

chicken

onion, diced

carrot, finely diced

garlic cloves, sliced

tin tomatoes

250 milliliters/9fl oz chicken stock

herbs

potatoes,

salt and pepper

Nigel's horseradish glazed roast rib of beef cooked in beef dripping will not disappoint. Looks impressive. Really easy.

Nigel Slater's all-in-one roast beef rib 

beef dripping

horseradish

tbsp black peppercorns

tbsp sea salt

3.5kg/7lb 11 ounces rib of beef

carrots,

parsnips,

Fluffy inside, crunchy outside, these roast potatoes are a perfect sidekick to any roast dinner. (They're even better the next day, eaten straight from the fridge!)

Each serving provides 389 kcal, 7g protein, 65g carbohydrates (of which 3g sugars), 9.5g fat (of which 4g saturates), 7g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Perfect roast potatoes

tbsp duck fat

Maris Piper or King Edward potatoes (each about 175 grams/6 ounces)

garlic

sea salt

A really simple and delicious way to cook beetroot. The sweet and mellow flavours complement roast chicken perfectly.

Roast beetroot

beetroots, unpeeled

red onions

milliliters/2fl oz vegetable stock

tbsp balsamic vinegar

leaves

salt and black pepper

Braising steak is slow to cook but quick to prepare in this rich, traditional dish from The Hairy Bikers.

The Hairy Bikers' braised steak with gravy

braising

sunflower oil

onion,

garlic clove, crushed

500 milliliters/18fl oz beef stock beef stock

tomato purée

thyme, thyme

bay leaf

tsp cornflour

½ tsp English mustard powder

Homemade chips

Full of umami from the mushrooms and tamari, this vegan risotto is comforting, delicious and gluten free. 

Each serving provides 609 kcal, 18g protein, 90g carbohydrates (of which 6.5g sugars), 12.5g fat (of which 3g saturates), 10.5g fibre and 4.1g salt.

Vegan risotto with mushroom and leek 

grams/1¾oz dried porcini mushrooms

vegetable stock (just-boiled water with 1 vegetable stock cube)

leek

garlic cloves, finely chopped

grams/5½oz mushrooms

tamari

arborio rice

125 milliliters/4fl oz vegan white wine

½ tsp cracked black pepper,

asparagus spears, thinly sliced lengthways, to garnish (optional)

Turkey is not just for Christmas! The drumsticks cost very little and stretch a long way - perfect for a meaty pot-roast on a modest budget.

This pot-roast can be cooked in advance and frozen, check the tips section for freezing instructions. 

Pot-roast turkey drumstick

turkey drumstick

carrots, trimmed

celery sticks,

onion, roughly chopped

chicken stock cube

500 milliliters/18fl oz just-boiled water

150 milliliters/5fl oz red wine (or chicken stock)

tbsp redcurrant jelly or cranberry sauce

300 grams/10½oz small new potatoes, scrubbed and halved

tbsp cornflour

Cardamom works well with coffee and the other spices here: they’re first used as a marinade and then become a rich sauce to serve with the tender beef brisket.

Coffee and chilli brisket

coffee

1½ tbsp cardamom pods, seeds only

cumin seeds

tsp black peppercorns

tbsp chilli powder

garlic powder

cinnamon

brown sugar

tsp sea salt

tbsp red wine vinegar

beef

onions,

garlic,

300 milliliters/½ pint beef stock

rice

A roast chicken always is celebratory. The vibrantly coloured and intensely flavoured vegetables that are cooked alongside here seem only to underline this, offering their own brightness and brio, sunny in taste as well as mood.

Italian roast chicken with peppers and olives

chicken (preferably organic)

lemon,

rosemary

leeks,

red peppers

orange pepper

yellow pepper

100 grams/3½oz pitted dry-packed black olives

Sea salt flakes and

A roast chicken always is celebratory. 

The vibrantly coloured and intensely flavoured vegetables that are cooked alongside here seem only to underline this, offering their own brightness and brio, sunny in taste as well as mood.

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