- 1 pkt Barossa Sour Dough Rye Bread Mix
- With Yeast provided
- Water
- 1.6kg chicken (size 15)
- 1 cup chopped fresh mixed herbs
- such as parsley, thyme, sage and tarragon
- Lemon zest from one lemon
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- Vegetable stock and pepper
- Following instructions on the back of the bread mix. Ensure you make this using the ‘by hand’ instructions.
- Once bread mix has raised, place one half on a floured chopping board or flat, floured surface and roll with a floured rolling pin or floured bottle to form a flat dough, approximately 1-2cms thick. Repeat the process with the second half of the bread mix.
- Combine herbs, lemon zest and garlic and place inside the chicken cavity. Season the top of the chicken with vegetable stock and a little pepper.
- In the middle of the dough mixture, place the chicken and put the second half of the bread dough on top of the chicken and wrap it like a present.
- If cooking in a camp oven ensure you place on baking paper on top of a trivet or in a conventional oven place in a baking tray.
- Cook for 2 hours on low to medium heat. By placing and leaving a thermometer probe into the inner thigh area near the breast of the chicken and away from the bone, it shows you the exact temperature inside the chicken. When the thermometer reads above 74°C or 165°F it is ready to eat straight away.
- Cut the dough one inch from the bottom all the way around ensuring not to cut into the chicken and pull the top off and serve as desired.
This recipe is suitable to be cooked in a convention oven, Weber Q or camp oven using hot coals, gas burner or heat beads!