Chicken medium Reared by Ross Gardner at Blackdown Hills, Devon

£21.45 / 1.6kg

About

A whole fresh organic chicken for roasting or poaching. Our chickens are truly free-range from organic West country farms, resulting in tender meat that’s full of natural flavour. Most chickens are sold without giblets these days, but we include them so you can make the absolute best stock for gravy. Roast dinner heaven!

Serves 4.

Delivered in insulated packaging to keep cool on your doorstep. Minimum meat order £15 to cover the cost of the packaging.

Country of origin

Produced in

The UK

Lovely roasted with half a lemon, half an onion, a spring of thyme and a few cloves of garlic

- Riverford cooks

How to prepare

For a 1.6kg chicken, brush with olive oil or butter, season well inside and out, and roast in a 190°C/Gas 5 oven for 20 mins per 500g + 20 mins (until the juices run clear). Baste several times during cooking. Alternatively, poach with stock vegetables for 70 mins.

Storage

Keep refrigerated below 5°C. Once opened, use immediately for best quality. If not required immediately freeze as soon as possible and always within the use by date. Once frozen use within 1 month. Defrost in a fridge and use same day. Do not refreeze.

Reared by Ross Gardner, Blackdown Hills, Devon

Ross Gardner knows a thing or two about how to keep a bird happy. For almost 50 years, his family has reared and produced poultry on the banks of the River Otter in the Blackdown Hills, East Devon – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We enjoy Ross’s plump organic ducks throughout the year, and look forward to his traditional turkeys and geese every Christmas.