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Easiness: Intermediate
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 1.5 hour
Ready in: 2 hours

Servings: 4-6
Prep by: Sara

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Average rating: 3.4
Comments: 6
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Roast Chicken

About this Recipe:

SaraSara: Roast chicken should be an everyday meal, it is easy to prepare and the golden bird with juicy meat also has a wonderful taste. Spreading butter underneath the skin makes it very crispy and the herb adds a wonderful aroma. Add vegetables such as potatoes, yam, bell peppers and mushroom to your roasting pan in the last half an hour to have tasty sides as well.


Main Ingredients:

Whole Chicken : about 2 Kg (4-5 lb)
Butter: 3 tbsp ( room temperature)
Tomato: 1 large
Lemon : 1 large
Garlic: 3 cloves
Onion: 1 large
Rosemary : 1 tsp dried or 2 tsp fresh ( Thyme also works well)
Lemon Juice: 1/2 Cup
Salt and pepper to taste


Directions:

1. Clean the chicken and remove any extra from cavity of the chicken.

2. Slice the onion and mince the garlic.

3.Place the chicken in a big zip-top plastic bag and pour the onion, garlic and lemon juice and marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

4. Remove the chicken, cut lemon and tomato in two wedges. Sprinkle salt inside the cavity and then stuff the lemon and tomato wedges inside the chicken cavity.

5. Slide fingers under skin of breast and upper part of legs, loosening skin. Spread butter and rosemary under skin on breast and upper leg meat. Tuck wings underneath bird.

6. Preheat the oven to 350F. Roast the chicken uncovered about an hour and half, until a thermometer inserted into chicken thigh reads 180F.

7. Remove cooked chicken and cover with foil and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.



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Name: Jeff
From: toronto, on
2008 Jul 20,

it would be nice if you told us what temp to cook it at, don't you think?
Name: caroline
From: nelson bc
2008 Aug 27,

350-400F should work for this recipe
Name: hasolkid
From: canada
2008 Sep 12,

are you sure to leave the chicken uncovered while baking?last time i tried this, the inside was still raw while the skin was burned.

sara
2008 Sep 16,

Hi hasolkid, Yes I have always made this recipe without covering the chicken. This way chicken keeps all its moisture inside. What temp. did you use? You should put the chicken in the middle oven rack and broiler should be off too. If with all this, you should still feel that the chicken needs more time in oven while the skin is done, just cover the chicken but not the whole dish, otherwise the chicken will release all its flavors. Hope this helps
Name: Anita
From: Penticton
2008 Nov 08,

This recipe has omitted the temperature to cook the chicken at..
Name: PR
From:
2008 Nov 16,

Step 6: Preheat oven to 350... what part of the temperature are people not getting here?



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