Ingredients

• 3½–4 lb free range chicken
•   salt and pepper
• trickle oil
• 225g chicken wings, for sauce
• 2 sticks celery, diced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped

Method

1. Season the free range 3½–4 lb bird with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a trickle of oil in a large frying pan. Fry the chicken on all sides until light golden.
3. Place the chicken in a roasting tin and trickle the leftover oil from the pan over it.
4. Put in the oven at gas mark 6 for 1 hour, basting every 20 minutes.
5. For the chicken sauce: fry 225g chicken wings until golden brown. Add 2 sticks diced celery, 1 chopped onion and 1 chopped carrot.

Notes