Chicken in Milk

Recipe courtesy Jamie Oliver

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
1 hr 40 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 40 min
Total:: 1 hr 45 min

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Ingredients

1 (3 pound/ 1.5 kilogram) organic chicken
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 ounces (115 grams) or 1 stick butter
1/2 cinnamon stick
1 good handful fresh sage, leaves picked
2 lemons, zested
6 garlic cloves, skin left on
1 pint (565 milliliters) milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C/gas 5), and find a snug-fitting pot for the chicken. Season it generously all over with salt and pepper, and fry it in the butter, turning the chicken to get an even color all over, until golden. Remove from the heat, put the chicken on a plate, and throw away the butter left in the pot. This will leave you with tasty sticky goodness at the bottom of the pan, which will give you a lovely caramel flavor later on.

Put your chicken back in the pot with the rest of the ingredients, and cook in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. Baste with the cooking juice when you remember. The lemon zest will sort of split the milk, making a sauce, which is absolutely fantastic.

To serve, pull the meat off the bones and divide it on to your plates. Spoon over plenty of juice and the little curds. Serve with wilted spinach or greens and some mashed potato.

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Comments & Reviews

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Kerry Richmond, VA 10-28-2009
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TASTELESS
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

There was no flavor to this. Once I tasted I had to add a lot of extra seasoning. I was not too crazy about the curdled... milk either. Seems as though it would have asked for more cinnamon, which I could hardly taste. It would have been better with the combination of milk. Sorry, this is a no for me.Read more
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GLENDA SANTA MONICA, CA 10-02-2009
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WoW!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

By far one of the best chicken dishes that I have ever made. There are never any leftovers when I make this dish and I've... been using this recipe now for 3 years and it only gets better. I would have never thought that I would be willing to make a dish called "Chicken and Milk" how bizarre, but the taste is amazing and naturally GREAT!Read more
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ALICE Los Angeles, CA 09-22-2008
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A recipe I crave
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made this chicken several times over the past few years, and it is one of my absolute favorites. I like to make it with... thighs instead of the whole chicken, and just bake it for shorter (45 minutes or so). My latest batch is in the oven right now. Yum!Read more
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Marty Portland, OR 04-22-2007
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How dope is that?
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is the easiest poulet roti recipe ever! I got bored with normal roast chicken and decided that I'd look up something... different and found it in this. Strongly recommended... Yummers!Read more
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Julie West Hartford, CT 12-12-2006
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Really good...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Although after seeing the sauce I thought I was going to have to order take out, but surprisingly, the taste of the chicken... and sauce, especially over mashed potatoes is amazing.Read more
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Anonymous 12-05-2006
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Very Good!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

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