Fresh Lemon-Pepper Chicken

Name: Fresh Lemon-Pepper Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 11 min
Cook time: 1 h 11 min
Total time: 1 h 11 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons black peppercorns; 1 teaspoon butter, softened; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 Tbsp grated fresh lemon rind; 2 kilograms whole roasting chicken; 1 teaspoons salt

Fresh Lemon-Pepper Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free and primal recipe serves 6. One serving contains 423 calories, 33g of protein, and 31g of fat. Only Head to the store and pick up peppercorns, butter, roasting chicken, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon rind you could follow this main course with the Lemon-Almond Cake with Lemon Curd Filling as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 11 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 37

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Oven

Place peppercorns in a small zip-top freezer bag. Crush with a meat mallet or small, heavy skillet.

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Peppercorns

Meat

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Meat Tenderizer

Frying Pan

Combine crushed pepper, lemon rind, and next 3 ingredients.

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Lemon Peel

Pepper

Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Rub pepper mixture evenly under loosened skin and over chicken. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Meat

Pepper

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack coated with cooking spray; place rack on roasting pan.

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Cooking Spray

Whole Chicken

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Roasting Pan

Bake at 375 for 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 450, and bake 20 to 22 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the meaty part of thigh registers 18

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Kitchen Thermometer