Roast whole chook.....

[nothing2lose]

I made that Tanstar...very nice. I used vinegar and lemon juice instead of verjuice

Although you can get it at Safeway.

[LionsandBears]

I made roast chook the other night and pretty much did what toomanyshoes said.

I put garlic & herb butter I'd already made between the skin & the meat, rubbed on the outside, quartered a lemon and shoved it up the bum with more herb butter. It was a 1.5kg chook. Cooked it at 160 fan forced for 40 mins then 180 for 30-40 min. Let stand for 10mins before carving. Served with roast potatos & sweet potatos and steamed greens. And gravy.

It was tender & yummy. I'm using the bones today to make stock.

[Miss.September]

We keep it simple and it works every time. Oven on to 240, chook at room temperature. Coat chicken with olive oil, salt and pepper (or sometimes we cover it with Moroccan spices too). Get a whole lemon, ***** it all over and put in the microwave for 40 seconds. Put the lemon and a bunch of fresh thyme in the cavity and put it in the oven. Turn temp down to 200 and cook for 1 hour 20 minutes. It's Jamie Oliver style and is fantastic.