Thoughtful Producer Free Range Whole Chicken Typically: 2.3kg
£19.60
£8.52 per kgMin. weight: 1.9 kg
Max. weight: 2.6 kg
Product information
Fabulously Free Range Whole Chicken, the highest welfare chicken to serve at a dinner party or to treat your family with your Sunday Roast. An alternative to a joint of beef, lamb or game, with generous portions to serve 4 – 6 guests.
Brought to you by the same farming family that produce the award-winning Copas turkeys every Christmas. Determined to bring flavour back to British flocks the Copas Traditional Turkeys team launched The Thoughtful Producer in 2015.
The team is a motley crew of foodies, poultry pros and farming fanatics who love nothing more than to feed their flocks, both bird and human. They are happiest when they are doing things the thoughtful way which is why, for them, ensuring that their chickens live full and long lives roaming free across rolling meadows is the right thing to do.
This motley crew embrace artisan methods that take time, care and expertise. By slow growing their birds, the Thoughtful Producer ensure that the care and attention they receive in life is reflected in the succulent, rich and memory making flavour.
Expert foragers, cocooned in the heart of the countryside our feathered ladies are not afraid to take on the mighty worm, climb a crate or just let the breeze ruffle their feathers. We like to let nature (and our husbandry team) do all the hard work so that our birds are free to do what birds do best, in their own time. It's not the quickest way to rear chickens, but it's the right way, and for us, it's the only way.
From an award-winning start as best in category for "From the Field (Primary)" of the inaugural Delicious Food awards, the Thoughtful Producer chickens have developed a following of chefs and foodies across the UK and are guaranteed to impress the most discerning of dinner guests.
Country of Origin
Suitable for freezing
Product life guaranteed for 4 days excluding delivery day.
Storage
Keep Refrigerated. For use by date: see label. Once opened use immediately. Suitable for home freezing. Freeze as soon as possible after purchase and within the use by date. Use within 1 month. Defrost thoroughly before use and consume within 24 hours. Do not refreeze if defrosted. Packaged in a protective atmosphere
Instructions
Our chickens come ready to roast but here are a few pointers to get the most out of your bird
* Preheat oven to 220°C/ 430°F/Gas 8
* Remove chicken from fridge an hour before cooking. Place in roasting tray & season. Insert Pop-Up Timer according to instructions
* Our chickens have a lovely layer of fat so there is no need to add butter or oil
* Pop your herbs into the cavity of the bird, or you could scatter half over the top
* Place in the oven and cook for 20 minutes before reducing oven temperature to 180°C/360°F/Gas 4, cook for approx. 15 minutes per 500g.
* If using foil, remove foil 15 minutes before end to ensure crispy skin
* Remove chicken from oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes
* Roasting Bag: if you wish to speed up the roasting time you can use the roasting bag provided.
Prepare the chicken in the same way as above and cook for 15 minutes per 500g without the additional 20 minutes at the start.
Package Type
Roasting bag
Other Information
Packaged in a refrigerated environment.
Brand
Manufacturer
The Thoughtful Producer
Kings Coppice Farm
Grubwood Lane
Cookham
Berkshire
SL6 9UB
Country of Packing
Return To Address
The Thoughtful Producer
Kings Coppice Farm
Grubwood Lane
Cookham
Berkshire
SL6 9UB
Typical Values | per 100g |
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Energy kJ | 825 |
Energy kcal | 198 |
Fat (g) | 13.1 |
of which saturates (g) | 3.7 |
Carbohydrates (g) | 0 |
of which sugars (g) | 0 |
Fibre (g) | 0 |
Protein (g) | 20 |
Salt (g) | 0.25 |
Ingredients
100% CHICKEN
Dietary Information
Free From Artificial Colours.
Free From Artificial Flavours.
Suitable for Coeliacs.
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Ratings and reviews
Customer reviews (717)
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Beautiful chicken
Very, very nice. Good size, tasty and tender, as mentioned in other reviews really does taste like chicken used to. Made beautiful Sunday dinner with lovely gravy, stock for soup and enough for ssndwiches. Well worth the extra.
Beast of a bird
Very good quality & plenty of meat no matter if your a breast, leg, wing fan. You can get a fair few meals out of it & as previously said the taste is like chickens used to taste like.
Best chicken ever
I have always bought ethically bred chicken so was delighted to buy this at 25% off. We got so many meals from this chicken: 8 if you count sandwiches as well as roast. Because it was slow reared, the breast was bigger than a normal chicken and so tasty. Would definitely buy again. Made good stock from bones.
tasteless
Maybe its the size? 2.4k is a pretty big chicken and it was tasteless. Would not buy again or recommend.
Excellent flavour
Highly recommend this chicken which has a delicious flavour and catves well. Several meals from one chicken and great stock with the bones. We have always been a fan of Copas turkeys and the chicken did not disappoint. Great to get giblets as a base for gravy stock.
wonderful!
Really nice tender chicken, bones make good stock for soup too. Will always buy from this thoughtful farmer from now on.
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