Chicken with Citrus

Name: Chicken with Citrus
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 lemon, cut in half; 1 orange, cut in half; 2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided; 1 teaspoon sea salt, divided; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened; 473 milliliters water, divided; 1 kilograms whole free-range chicken

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken with Citrus a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free, primal, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe has 579 calories, 47g of protein, and 38g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have pepper, free-range chicken, sea salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Oven

Remove and discard giblets and neck. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry.

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Whole Chicken

Water

Sprinkle 1 teaspoon oregano, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper in body cavity.

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Oregano

Pepper

Salt

Place lemon and orange halves in cavity (this will be a tight fit).

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Orange

Lemon

Combine remaining oregano and butter. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Rub butter mixture under loosened skin. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken. Tie legs together with cord.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Meat

Oregano

Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Whole Chicken

Place rack in a broiler pan; add 1 1/2 cups water to pan.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Bake at 450 for 50 minutes or until a thermometer registers 17

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Oven

Let stand 20 minutes.

Remove fruit from cavity and set aside.

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Fruit

Remove skin; discard.

Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt.

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Whole Chicken

Salt

Place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 2-cup glass measure.

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Ziploc Bags

Pour drippings from pan into bag; add 1/2 cup water.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Let stand 2 minutes (fat will rise to the top). Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag.

Drain drippings into measuring cup, stopping before fat layer reaches opening; discard remaining fat. Return drippings to broiler pan, and cook over medium heat, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Simmer 8 minutes or until mixture measures 1/4 cup. Slice chicken; squeeze juice from reserved fruit over chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Fruit

Juice