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🍽️ Chicken in a Crispy Salt and Herb Dough Crust

1115 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Rinse the chicken under cold running water.
  2. 2. Pat the chicken completely dry with kitchen paper or a clean cloth.
  3. 3. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
  4. 4. Pick the fresh herbs off the stems.
  5. 5. Finely chop the herbs.
  6. 6. Set aside about one quarter of the chopped herbs.
  7. 7. Stuff the remaining three quarters of the herbs inside the chicken.
  8. 8. Secure the chicken opening with a wooden skewer or kitchen twine to keep the herbs inside.
  9. 9. Put the flour, the reserved herbs, and the coarse salt into a large bowl.
  10. 10. Pour about 500 milliliters of water into the flour mixture.
  11. 11. Knead everything by hand until you have a smooth dough.
  12. 12. Make sure the dough is firm enough and not too soft or sticky.
  13. 13. Sprinkle some flour onto your work surface.
  14. 14. Press the dough on the floured surface into a round flat shape.
  15. 15. Place the stuffed chicken in the center of the dough sheet.
  16. 16. Fold the edges of the dough over the chicken to enclose it completely.
  17. 17. Press the dough edges firmly together to ensure there are no gaps.
  18. 18. Make sure the chicken is securely sealed inside the dough crust.
  19. 19. Place the wrapped chicken into a suitable baking dish.
  20. 20. Put the baking dish into the preheated oven.
  21. 21. Bake the chicken for about 75 minutes.
  22. 22. Remove the baking dish from the oven after the time is up.
  23. 23. Let the chicken with the dough crust rest for about 10 minutes.
  24. 24. Carefully cut open the baked dough crust.

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