Ingredients:
| large free range chicken |
| 3 sprigs of thyme |
| 2 cloves of garlic |
| 1 lemon zested |
| 1 orange zested |
| 1 tbls of fine salt |
| 3 tbls olive oil |
| 2 handfuls of unsprayed hay |
| 1 heavy cast iron pot |
Method:
1. In a mortar and pestle pound all the ingredients together and rub into the whole chicken.
2. Heat a medium sized fry pan and place the chicken breast side down and cook until golden around 3 minutes, do the same thing on both sides of the chook.
3. Place the hay into the large cast iron pot and sit the chicken on top making a little well so the hay is covering around ¾ of the chicken.
4. Place lid onto the pot and put in the oven on 200 degrees for 2 hours.
5. After the two hours let the chicken rest for 20 mins then carve and eat!
