Maroccan roast chicken, and roast potatoes.

I know there have been loads of chicken recipes recently, but this just tastes too good.
 
Taught to me by my previous french teacher, who was taught by his mother.
Modified by myself.  
INGREDIENTS
handful of parsley
handful of coriander
~6 cloves of garlic
a piece of preserved lemon
-Spices-
one heaped teaspoon of the following:
smoked paprika
turmeric
ginger
cumin
and a pinch of ral el hanout. (this is a spice mix, you may need to go to a specialized spice/cooking shop to find it) you'll also need some water, and, a whole chicken.
 
METHOD  
as with any recipe, pre-heat oven 180C fan forced  
peel garlic, throw it the mortar and pestle. take your coriander and parsley, chop 'em up. put them in mortar and pestle. slice preserved lemon, into the mortar and pestle it goes. then mash everything til it's well combined, as they say. (basically it's when the garlic is broken down into small bits.) scrape the mix into a small small bowl, and add all the powder spices. add a bit of water, (~1/8 of a cup) and mix with your hands (it's time to get them dirty). get your chicken, put it in your baking tray breast side up. run your fingers under the skin, separating it from the meat. get your marinade and slather the chicken under the skin on the breast side, and on the skin on both sides. you can also put some inside if you like, or just pour it into the tray to combine with the jus while cooking :) season however you like with S/P and put it in the oven breast side down for 1 hour, then flip and so it's breast side up and cook for another hour. to test if it's ready, see if you can rip off a leg easily. if you don't want to blight you beautiful creation... poke it with a skewer or some thing. i dunno.  
aaand your done. it's is a truly delicious meal. serve with potatoes  
Potatoes peal, scrub, halve, chuck in baking tray, season (salt, pepper, most importantly oil) and maybe sprinkle with cumin? woduyah know, it takes 2 hours to cook! rustle them around when your flipping the chicken so they get oil all over them :)  
this is wonderful experience to eat. this has been my first upload on this subreddit, so i hope i got the formatting right.  
-Ben

bon appetit