Buttered Roast Chicken with Pistachios, Peas and Watercress

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Ingredients (serves 6)

1.8kg Ingham's Chicken
Pinch Sea Salt Flakes & Freshly Ground Black Pepper
125g Unsalted Butter
2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
500ml Chicken Stock
1 medium Potato, peeled and chopped
2 cups Frozen Peas
2 tbsp Cream
2 cloves Garlic
1/2 tsp Cumin
1/2 bunch Parsley Leaves
3 bunches Asparagus, trimmed
2 cups Watercress Sprigs
2 tbsp Pistachios, chopped
1 tbsp Micro Herbs and Pink Peppercorns (to serve)

Method

Preheat oven to 180C. Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper, then use fingers to create a pocket under the breast skin and insert 2 Tbsp butter. Rub the chicken with extra virgin olive oil, then bake for 1½ hours, until juices run clear when pierced at the breast.
Combine the chicken stock and potato in a medium saucepan and set over a moderate heat. Simmer for 20 minutes, until the potato is tender, then add the peas and cook for 3 more minutes. Transfer to a blender with the cream, garlic, cumin and parsley, then purée until smooth. Season with salt.
Blanch the asparagus spears in boiling water for 1 minute. Carve the chicken. Pour pea purée onto plates, then top with the asparagus, watercress, chicken and pistachios

18 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 05 Nov 2022
    11:13 am
Love the colour and flavours of this dish!

- - meedee said
  - 30 Sep 2022
    8:44 am
yum…..this sounds like a great meal for the family

- - serotonin said
  - 30 May 2019
    9:59 am
Looks very tasty and healthy as well. Thanks for sharing!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 18 May 2019
    5:19 pm
Looks very healthy and yum too!!

- - mom262905 said
  - 25 Sep 2018
    10:55 am
Yummmmm!! Going to make this tonight just heading to woolies now to buy the chicken ????

- - mom101628 said
  - 11 Jul 2018
    8:54 pm
Yet another simple recipe – great that the supermarkets are starting to sell micro herbs these days.

- - curlytops said
  - 04 Jul 2018
    8:04 am
Where do you get micro herbs from?

- - mom62624 said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    7:45 pm
There will be lots of love for this recipe.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 28 Jun 2018
    3:21 pm
This looks so fresh and tempting! Love Pistachios!

- - mom90758 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    3:34 pm
Look at the colours! So inspiring. I love pistachio. They bring an extra touch to so many meals.

- - Staceylee101 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    11:04 am
Looks and sounds like a restaurant quality dish! I’ve never cooked with watercress sprigs or pistachios so I’ll see how that goes.
- kjgarner replied
  
  01 Jul 2018 , 11:48 am
  I hope it goes well for you
- - mom81879 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    8:34 am
Watercress and pistachios, two ingredients I have never used. First time for everything

- - mom93821 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    7:24 am
This recipe looks perfect for a date night meal – thanks for the recipe – love the use of pisatachios in this recipe.
- mom93821 replied
  
  28 Jun 2018 , 4:47 am
  And…..love that my favourite asparagus is in this recipe too – very happy!
- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 26 Jun 2018
    6:06 pm
THis is looks like a dish you order at a restaurant

- - cherz said
  - 26 Jun 2018
    5:45 pm
Yumm this looks so fresh and delightful.

- - mom112217 said
  - 26 Jun 2018
    5:38 pm
The butter roast chicken looks absolutely delicious,thanks!