{"id":22097,"date":"2025-03-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:32:49","slug":"idaho-for-an-easter-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/idaho-for-an-easter-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho for an Easter feast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Easter Roast Chicken with <\/span><\/span>Idaho <\/span><\/span>Leek Mash and Spring Greens. \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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(Serves 4)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For the chicken:<\/span> \"Idaho<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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1 whole chicken\u00a0<\/span>
\n40g butter, softened
\n<\/span>Salt and pepper\u00a0<\/span>
\n1 lemon\u00a0<\/span>
\nA few sprigs of thyme\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For the leek mash:<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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1 x Idahoan Butter & Herb Perfect Mash pouch
\n2 leeks, finely sliced
\n<\/span>20g butter\u00a0<\/span>
\n500g spring greens, finely sliced
\n1 tbsp plain flour<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Method:<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Preheat the oven to 200c\/180c fan. Sit your chicken in a roasting dish, cut your lemon in half and\u00a0<\/span>place<\/span>\u00a0inside the cavity of the chicken along with a bunch of thyme sprigs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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S<\/span>mear your softened butter on the outside of the chicken\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0season generously with salt and pepper. Cover the chicken with foil (this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stops the skin burning)\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0roast in the oven for 1 hour (or to packet instructions).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After an hour, remove the foil and roast for another 20-30 minutes, until the skin is golden, the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Once your chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and leave to rest for 15-20 minutes. Whilst your chicken is resting, prepare your leeks by melting the 20g of butter in a frying pan on a medium heat, then adding your finely chopped leeks and saut\u00e9ing for about 10 mins until soft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Whilst your leeks are cooking, add your spring greens to a large saucepan of boiling water and cook for 3-4 mins.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Drain your greens, keeping the water for your gravy, then put them back into the saucepan, drizzle over a glug of olive oil and season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a bowl, p<\/span>repare your Idahoan Perfect<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Mash to packet instructions, then add your soft sauteed leeks to the mash and mix until fully combined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To make your gravy,\u00a0<\/span>mix<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0flour into\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0chicken roasting tray and place over a low heat on the hob<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Slowly pour the chicken resting juices into the flour mix. Keep stirring, us<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0a whisk to get rid of any lumps, then add water from your spring greens to loosen to your d<\/span>esired thickness<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To serve, carve your chicken, take a generous spoonful of your mashed potato<\/span>, add\u00a0<\/span>a healthy\u00a0<\/span>portion<\/span>\u00a0of spring greens, then drizzle with gravy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Recipe from Idahoan Perfect Mash. You can find more recipes and information at\u202f<\/span>https:\/\/idahoan.co.uk\/<\/a>\u202for on social @idahoanfoodsuk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Easter Roast Chicken with Idaho Leek Mash and Spring Greens. \u00a0 (Serves 4)\u00a0 For the chicken: 1 whole chicken\u00a0 40g butter, softened Salt and pepper\u00a0 1 lemon\u00a0 A few sprigs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3481,287],"tags":[4567,4477,2975],"class_list":["post-22097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-recipes","tag-easter-roast-chicken-with-idaho-leek-mash-and-spring-greens","tag-idahoan-instant-mash","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27117,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097\/revisions\/27117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}