Chicken with Tarragon is a summer roast when there is plenty of fresh tarragon available. It can be made with dried tarragon but believe me it is so tasty when roasted with this freshly picked French herb. It is an easy recipe and takes about an hour to an hour and twenty minutes to cook.

For a little different twist with chicken and tarragon here is a recipe you will love Tarragon Chicken Breasts.
It will give your family a tasty and refreshing summer roast which you can serve with your favourite summer vegetables. If you love roast chicken try Roasted Whole Chicken Recipe
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Whole Roasted Chicken With Tarragon Recipe
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
Chicken with tarragon recipe is a summer roast when there is plenty of fresh tarragon available.
Ingredients
- 1 medium size fresh chicken (about 6lb)
- 2 ounce butter
- 3 tablespoons freshly chopped tarragon leaves
- ¼ pint cream
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cream about one tablespoon of the chopped tarragon into the butter either with a pestle and mortar or with a spoon in a small bowl.
- Season this with salt and pepper and stuff the chicken with this mixture.
- Place the chicken in a heavy bottomed roasting pan on it's side.
- Place in a pre-heated oven at 400°F/200°C/Gas 6
- Roast for about 15 minutes then turn the chicken on it's other side, basting with the melted butter.
- Continue to roast the chicken with the occasional turn and basting with the tarragon butter until it is cooked about 1 hour.
- When cooked, remove from pan and leave to stand on a warmed plate.
- To make the sauce make a beurre manié by working a teaspoon of butter which has been blended with a teaspoon of flour, into the juices.
- Gradually add the cream to this mixture with two teaspoons of freshly chopped tarragon leaves.
- Bring the mixture to the boil and as soon as it thickens it is ready to serve and pour over the chicken. You can taste it at this stage and add salt and pepper if needed.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 60-90 minutes
- Category: dinner
- Method: oven roast
- Cuisine: French
Keywords: roasted chicken with tarragon, easy chicken dinner, easy dinner recipe
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