This recipe is loosely based mostly on the ‘bake’ (oven roasted) rooster mother would make for us as a part of our Sunday lunch, rising up in Trinidad and Tobago. As talked about in earlier posts, Sunday Lunch was historically the most important meal of the week and included a number of dishes which nonetheless brings consolation to me all these years later. A meal normally shared with visiting kinfolk and topped off with dad’s do-it-yourself coconut ice cream.

You’ll Want…
2 scallions (finely chopped)
5-8 chives (finely chopped)
3/4 teaspoon black pepper
2/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup olive oil
3 pimento peppers (chopped)
2 leaves Spanish thyme (podina)
4-6 cloves garlic (crushed)
5-8 sprigs thyme (child stems & leaves)
3/4 tablespoon grated ginger
2 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 lemon (juice)
5 rooster legs with again (about 4lbs)
3 lbs par-boiled potatoes (pores and skin on)
8 grape tomatoes (lower in 1/2)
3 stems lemon grass (2-3 inch items – smashed)
6 complete chili peppers (optionally available)
Notes! Could I like to recommend that you simply comply with together with the video beneath as way more in regards to the recipe is mentioned there (see my tip about utilizing the flavored oil throughout roasting to baste the rooster items). If making this recipe gluten free, please undergo the total checklist of substances to make sure that they meet your particular gluten free dietary necessities. The potatoes had been cooked 75 % in salted water.

Together with mommy’s affect on this recipe, my backyard performed an enormous half in its improvement as properly.
As your oven preheated to 375F, create a marinade with all the things besides the rooster, lemon grass, tomatoes, potatoes and chilli peppers. You might also add a tables spoon or two of honey to the marinade.

Place the rooster items (I used legs with the again hooked up and with the pores and skin on – fats and further pores and skin eliminated) together with the potatoes (pre-cooked Yukon gold in my case), lemongrass items and tomatoes.

Pour the chunky marinade over all the things.

Utilizing your arms or tongs, give all the things a superb combine to completely coat. I dropped the entire chili peppers with out reducing or breaking them, so once they roast I can have a POP of warmth once I dine. Anybody not cool with spicy meals may simply see them and keep away from the warmth. Then into the oven uncovered onto the center rack for 45 minutes. You could flip the items of rooster throughout this time.

Now flip the warmth as much as 400 F and roast uncovered for one more 25-Half-hour.

You could sprinkle on some ending salt whenever you take away the tray out of the oven. Bear in mind to make use of my tip about brushing the rooster items with the oil from the underside of the roasting pan to assist get that beautiful golden colour you see within the photographs above.
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