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Soffritto chicken with caper potatoes

By Hannah Lewry
4
Easy
10 minutes
50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 T Woolworths soffritto paste
  • 3 T olive oil
  • ½ t chilli flakes
  • 2 t smoked paprika
  • 1 whole free-range chicken
  • halved lemon
  • 700 g baby potatoes
  • a few knobs butter
  • 1 x 100 g jar capers with all the brine

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Combine crushed garlic, Woolworths soffritto paste, olive oil, chilli flakes and smoked paprika. Brush onto 1 whole free-range chicken and stuff the chicken with a halved lemon.
  3. Arrange on a baking tray with baby potatoes and a few knobs of butter. Roast for 20 minutes, then baste with the soffritto and add the jar capers with all the brine.
  4. Roast for a further 20–30 minutes or until the chicken is crispy, moist and cooked through.

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