Roast chicken in half the time, silky mashed potatoes, confit garlic gravy

Here’s a way to get all of the flavor of a full roast chicken dinner in about an hour . They key is breaking the chicken down in half, so it takes way less time to cook than a full roast.

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Chicken
Whole chicken
Salt
Sugar
MSG
Pepper
Olive oil

Sauce
8 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp all purpose flour
2 tbsp whiskey, brandy or white wine
1 cup of chicken stock
Loads of Italian parsley
Lemon zest
Lemon juice

Mashed Potatoes
3 russet potatoes
3/4 cup half and half
4 tbsp butter