Every now and then cooks run out of time and suddenly find themselves under pressure, with a meal looming and a hungry family impatient for their baked chicken dinner.

Stay cool. It does not have to take 60 minutes or more to roast a chicken, it just takes a little cunning and a fairly relaxed half an hour.

Well, alright, it will take 35 minutes, but it will still be roasted and will still be the entire chicken.

There are two methods you can use, one of which involves practically no work on your part at all. So let