Easy roast chicken

Directions

1. 1
   Wash the chicken and pat dry with a couple of pieces of kitchen towel.
2. 2
   Put the chicken in the roasting tin.
3. 3
   Wash and peel the onion and apple, cut into chunks and stuff the chicken.
4. 4
   Wash the sage.
5. 5
   Stuff some of the sprigs into the hole with the onion and apple.
6. 6
   Chop the rest and mix with the butter (it needs to be really soft), salt and pepper.
7. 7
   Rub the chicken all over (best way to do it is with your hands).
8. 8
   Then holding one of the legs, put the chicken in a vertical position and pour the wine into the hole gently so that it waters the onions, apples and sage and reaches the other end.
9. 9
   Gently put it back down on the tin, taking care so that the wine doesn't leak out.
10. 10
    Put in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours aprox.
11. 11
    (depending on the size of the chicken).
12. 12
    When the chicken looks done, prod the place where the leg meets the body with a prong.
13. 13
    If the juices that come out are clear, the chicken is done.
14. 14
    If they are murky, it needs a little more time.
15. 15
    Put the chicken on a carving dish and let it rest for 10 minutes.
16. 16
    Use the juices in the pan to make some gravy.
17. 17
    Enjoy!
18. 18
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