Drunken roast chicken: dipped in a marinade with cachaça and roasted with this liquid: more flavor without rubbing the seasonings
DRUNK ROAST CHICKEN
By Cris Muratori and Manu Boffino, from Bake and Gourmet Cake, site of recipes, menus and shopping lists, partner of TERRA Degusta. An easy-to-prepare roast chicken: seasoned and roasted with cachaça, no need to rub it for flavor.
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- PORTION: 2, SEE THE RECIPE FOR 4, 6 OR 8 PEOPLE, CLICK HERE.
- TIME LAPSE: 2:00 am
- PREP TIME: 03:00 + marinating time + extra cooking time – may vary depending on the size of the chicken
- TOOLS: 1 cutting board, 1 grater, 1 bowl – choose one that allows you to dip the chicken, 1 kettle, 2 deep baking trays.
- EQUIPMENT: conventional
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INGREDIENTS – click here to see the recipe ingredients list.
Roast chicken (drunk):
- 1 kg whole chicken, bone-in
- 1 lemon
- 60 ml of cachaça
- 180ml of water
- 30 ml of light soy sauce
- ¼ carrot, peeled and grated
- 1 bay leaf
- parsley (stems)
- salt (optional)
Baked potato dumpling:
- 300 g small potatoes, in their skins, halved or quartered.
- 1 rosemary (twig) – optional
- salt (optional)
- pepper (optional)
PRE-PREPARATION:
- Separate recipe ingredients and utensils.
- Start by stringing up the chicken (optional) and preparing the marinade (see preparation).
PREPARATION:
Roast Chicken – Drunk – Marinade (do this step before starting the pre-prep:
- Wash and peel the carrot and grate it coarsely.
- Lemon rub the chicken thoroughly, inside and out.
- Tie up the chicken – it can be a simple tie – bring the thighs together and tie them.
- Wash under running water and dry with a paper towel.
- In a bowl or plastic bag, mix the cachaça, water and light soy sauce so that the chicken can be dipped in this mixture.
- Add the grated carrot, bay leaf and parsley stalks and mix again.
- Add a little salt if needed, this will depend on how much salt is in the soy sauce you are using.
- Cover the bowl or close the plastic bag and put it in the fridge to marinate for about 2 hours.
Roast Chicken – Drunk – Baked:
- After the marinating time, preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Remove the seasoned chicken from the refrigerator.
- Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet and add 1/3 of the marinade – reserve the rest.
- Cover with aluminum foil and place in a preheated oven at 180°C.
- Cook for ½ hour.
- While the chicken is roasting, wash the potato balls and the rosemary sprig.
- Cut the potato balls into halves or quarters.
- Put a saucepan with water to heat on the fire.
- After half an hour of cooking the chicken, remove it from the oven and remove the foil.
- Add some boiling water to the pan to prevent the sauce from burning.
- Simultaneously arrange the small potatoes and rosemary sprig in the same or another baking dish, drizzle on a little marinade (just enough for “seasoning”) and bake together with the chicken.
- Roast the chicken and potatoes about half an hour longer or until cooked through.
- Do not let the chicken dry out, top up with more boiling water if necessary.
- Increase the temperature to 200°C and cook until the chicken and potatoes are browned.
- Turn off the oven and remove the trays.
- Adjust seasoning – salt and pepper potatoes if needed.
FINISHING AND ASSEMBLY:
- reorder“drunk” roasted food. on one plate and the potato patties on another. or if you prefer, stack them together to serve.
- Untie and serve with white rice and farofa.
Source: Terra

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