VIP Class Notes (Joe) [w]

As Christmas is coming, roasted chicken will be perfect main course for your party. It seems complicated to make but actually it is very easy.

The key to success is preparing one night in advance. Firstly, choose a chicken at about 600g-1kg, a smaller one should be more tender. clean and dry it with kitchen roll. grind salt and pepper on its body and move them, you can also put some herb in the kitchen‘s belly, thyme, rosemary, garlic, lemon all could be good choices. Put the chicken in the fridge when everything done.

the next day，take out the chicken from fridge 3hours before dinner time. prepare some vegetable as side，you can choose potato，carrot，pumpkin，mushroom or anything you like，but remeber do not use vegetable with too much juice. Season them with salt and pepper and olive oil. put the vegetable in your biggest roast pan and then put the kitchen on the top，use a brush to put some mixture of honey and butter on the skin of the chicken.

put the chicken in the oven at 220 degree for about 1 hour，and then take it out with oven mitt.

As Christmas is coming, roast chicken will be the perfect main course for your party. It seems complicated to make but actually it is very easy.

The key to success is preparing one night in advance. Firstly, choose a chicken at about 600g-1kg, but a smaller one should be more tender. Clean and dry it with kitchen roll. Grind salt and pepper onto its and rub it in.  You can also stuff it with herbs like, thyme, rosemary, garlic, lemon, which would all be good choices. Put the chicken in the fridge when everything is done.

the next day, take out the chicken from fridge 3 hours before dinner time. prepare some vegetables as sides，you can choose potato，carrot，pumpkin，mushroom or anything you like，but remember not to use vegetable with too much juice. Season them with salt and pepper and olive oil. put the vegetable in your biggest roasting pan and then put the kitchen on the top，use a brush to put some mixture of honey and butter on the skin of the chicken.

put the chicken in the oven at 220 degree for about 1 hour，and then take it out with oven mitts.

Vocabulary

All the rage (no /n/ sound in ‘rage’)
Comparing pictures from 2017 and 2019 is all the rage

Flaky (adj) – easily able to break into pieces
Bread with flaky skin is always high in calories

Sensation (noun) – something very popular
High Tea is a sensation in Shanghai

Mould – a hollow container used to give something shape or pictures
I made lemon cakes with a mould in lemon shapes

Savoury – tastes salty but not too much
I usually eat savoury food during the night

Stuff (verb) – to put inside something flexible
I stuffed the chicken

fill (verb) – to put inside something which is not flexible
I fill mooncakes with pineapple

Pronunciation

Sour – sauwir

Queue  – /kyo͞o/

Wardrobe – wo droab

Clothes – cloas

Try to use the words we learned in today’s class to talk about your daily life.