Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- salt and pepper
- 2 1/2 tbsp gochujang (Korean fermented chilli paste - the red one)
- olive oil
- 1 whole garlic head
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 6 baby potatoes
Garnish
- drizzle of honey
- limes
Method
- Preheat oven to 170c
- Pat dry the chicken and salt and pepper the inside and outside of the chicken thoroughly.
- Whisk together Gochujang, minced garlic, minced ginger and oil. Add oil until the sauce is spreadable/paint-able consistency.
- Place the 1/2 of garlic bulb inside the chicken.
- Then paint the chicken generously with the sauce. Try to get all the nooks and underside of the chicken.
- Put the potatoes in the remaining sauce and coat them evenly. Keep the sauce for basting.
- Place the remaining garlic in the cast iron pot.
- Place the chicken on-top and wedge the potatoes around the edges.
- Place the pot on the oven (with a lid) in the oven for 2 1/2 hours.
- Occasionally baste the chicken with any remaining sauce.
- Remove from the oven, let the chicken rest for 5-10 minutes.
Serving
- Squash the potatoes slightly so the skin breaks and they soak up the sauce in the bottom of the pan.
- Drizzle some honey and lime juice over the chicken.