Pesto Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• olive oil
• 1 1/2 kg whole chickens
• 3 tablespoons basil pesto, homemade or 3 tablespoons store bought basil pesto
• 4 small red onions, peeled and sliced in half
• 2 green zucchini, sliced in wedges
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 200 g cheery tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to moderate. loosen skin on chicken breast by sliding your fingers between the skin and the flesh. rub about 11/2 tablespoons of pesto under the skin over the breast.
• 2 rub the remaining 11/2 tablespoons of pesto over the outside of chicken, breast, legs and wings.
• 3 place halved onions in a roasting pan drizzle about 1 tablespoon of olive oil over and place chicken on top.
• 4 roast, uncovered in moderate oven for 30 minutes.
• 5 add garlic and zucchini to roasting pan, drizzle with a little extra oil and return to the oven for about 1 hour or until chicken is coked through.
• 6 if using cherry tomatoes add to roasting pan about 20 min’s before the end of cooking time.
• 7 serve with fresh corn on the cob and roasted potatoes.