Chicken a la cola can

Name: Chicken a la cola can
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 1 tsp each garlic powder, paprika, chili flakes, chicken spice; 1 tsp each marjoram, mixed herbs, dried coriander leaves; 1 Tbsp fynbos honey; 1 Tbsp salted butter; 1 free range whole chicken; 1/2 can cola; 1 lemon cut into wedges; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Aislin @cook_7588747

A moist roast chicken infused with the darkly sweet flavours of cola. A hint of chili and lemon lifts the dish to prevent it being too sweet. Enjoy!

Aislin @cook_7588747

A moist roast chicken infused with the darkly sweet flavours of cola. A hint of chili and lemon lifts the dish to prevent it being too sweet. Enjoy!

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Ingredients

1 tspeach garlic powder, paprika, chili flakes, chicken spice
1 tspeach marjoram, mixed herbs, dried coriander leaves
1 Tbspfynbos honey
1 Tbspsalted butter
1free range whole chicken
1/2 cancola
1lemon cut into wedges
1/4 cupextra virgin olive oil

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Steps

1

Rinse and pat dry the chicken
2

Mix the herbs and spices in a microwaveable bowl
3

Add honey, olive oil and butter to the bowl and microwave for 30 sec
4

While slightly warm, mix through the ingredients and drench the chicken inside and out with the mixture
5

Drink half of the can of coke😉and preserve the other half in the can
6

Place the chicken sitting up on the can, position the chicken legs for stability, add lemon wedge in the neck cavity to stop the steam escaping
7

Preheat the oven to 200 degC
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Place chicken on a baking dish lined with foil and add some veggies of your choice adjacent to the seated chicken
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Place in the oven and roast for 15min
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Turn down the heat to 180 degC and continue to roast for a further 1 hr 15min
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Remove from the oven and rest under tented foil for 20 min
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Carefully remove chicken off the can. (careful can contents will be very hot!)
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Enjoy the most moist delicious chicken ever😍