Darren McGrady's royal family roast chicken recipe - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food The royal family’ s secret to perfect roast chicken will revolutionise your Sunday roast By You Magazine - May 28, 2020 Is there anything more comforting than roast chicken? A staple of British Sunday lunches and dinners for generations, there are myriad ways to cook a roast chicken – stuff it with lemon and thyme, cover it in butter, go rogue with spices, the options are truly endless. But to make the perfect roast chicken? We suggest listening to someone who’s cooked them time and again for actual royalty. Getty Images Darren McGrady aka The Royal Chef, was the personal chef to the royal family for 15 years, during which he cooked countless meals for the Queen, Princess Diana and Princes’ William and Harry. Talking to POPSUGAR recently, the chef divulged his secret for cooking the perfect roast chicken – and it’s so much easier than you’d think. theroyalchef.com There are numerous recipes out there claiming to be the holy grail to achieving the ultimate roast chicken, but we think a recipe with the royal seal of approval is the way forward. If it’s good enough for Liz, it’s more than good enough for us. Darren’s five simple steps for nailing the perfect roast chicken every time are as follows: Heat the oven to 220°C (gas mark 7). Take the chicken out the fridge and pat it dry with paper towels. Sprinkle all over with salt – but no fat or oil should be used. Place on a cooling rack on a baking sheet so the air can circulate underneath it. Cook in the oven for 1 hour, never turning. After an hour, a 2 1/2 – 4 pound chicken will come out ‘absolutely moist and perfect on the inside and crispy on the outside.’ Getty Images If you’re used to coating chicken in butter or olive oil prior to cooking, it might seem counterintuitive not to in order to achieve a crispy exterior, but chicken skin is full of flavourful fat and can do this all on its own. Patting the outside dry prior to cooking ensures it reacts to the heat and develops that golden brown crispy skin we all crave. After years of eating Darren’s exquisite recipe, we wonder if Harry took any tips from Darren when he cooked his roast chicken at home to propose to Meghan back in 2017? RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved