Boggis's Roast Chicken

Serve when

The three-farm raid montage names Boggis's chicken houses first — the tunnel crew hits them before Bunce's smokehouse or Bean's cellar

In the movie

Theatrical

~00:43:39 'Petey's Song' narrates the three-farm tunnel raid and names Boggis's chicken houses as the first target hit

Boggis is described feasting on three boiled chickens a day, smothered in dumplings — a joke about excess that never makes it to the screen as a dish. What the film does show is his chicken houses named first in the tunnel crew's three-farm raid, the haul that ends up on the animals' own table by the end of the night.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (about 4 lbs)
3 tablespoons butter, softened
Salt and black pepper
1 lemon, halved
4 sprigs thyme
2 cloves garlic, smashed
1 onion, quartered

Method

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Pat the chicken dry, season the cavity, and stuff it with the lemon, thyme, and garlic.
Rub the whole bird with softened butter and season the skin well with salt and pepper. Set it on a bed of onion quarters in a roasting pan.
Roast 20 minutes, then reduce the oven to 375°F and continue roasting until the thigh reads 165°F, about another 50–60 minutes.
Rest 10 minutes before carving.