Amaretto Roasted Chicken

Name: Amaretto Roasted Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters amaretto liqueur; 59 milliliters butter; 1 head garlic, halved; 1 large lemon, halved; 2 kilograms whole chicken

Amaretto Roasted Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free recipe serves 8. One serving contains 339 calories, 21g of protein, and 22g of fat. Head to the store and pick up amaretto liqueur, lemon, chicken, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Place the chicken in a baking pan, and rub with 2 tablespoons butter.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Baking Pan

Place remaining butter and 1/2 the lemon in the chicken cavity. Squeeze juice from remaining lemon half over chicken. Distribute squeezed lemon half and both halves of the garlic head in the pan around the chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Garlic

Juice

Lemon

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Frying Pan

Pour 1/4 cup amaretto over chicken.

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Amaretto Liqueur

Whole Chicken

Bake chicken 1 hour and 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until juices run clear.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Remove chicken from pan, and set aside. Squeeze juice from the lemon half inside chicken into the pan juices. Mash the garlic. Discard lemon rids and garlic pulp.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Juice

Lemon

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Frying Pan

Pour remaining amaretto into the pan, and mix to make a gravy.

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Amaretto Liqueur

Gravy