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Step 1 of 4
Preheat the oven to 425° and position a rack in the lower third of the oven. In a bowl, mix the butter with the cumin, coriander, sweet paprika, cayenne and cinnamon and season with salt and pepper. Pat the chicken dry. Rub half of the spice butter under the skin and the rest over the chicken; season with salt and pepper.
Ingredients for this step (4 servings)
- 2tbspunsalted butter, softened
- 1tspground cumin
- 1tspground coriander
- 1tspsweet paprika
- 0.25tspcayenne pepper
- 0.25tspground cinnamon
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1.8kgchicken, zabiha; whole, at room temperature