Happy Roast Chicken

Name: Happy Roast Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons cold butter; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 6 large cloves garlic; 2 lemons, cut in half; 1 serving salt and pepper to taste; 2 kilograms whole chicken

Happy Roast Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 1. One portion of this dish contains approximately 167g of protein, 139g of fat, and a total of 2134 calories. This recipe covers 53% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 35 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet. A mixture of garlic, chicken, wine, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the lemons you could follow this main course with the Blackberry Lemon Chess Pie w/ Honey Jumbleberry Sauce. How I won the SF Food Wars – Pie or Die Competition as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

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Oven

Pour the wine into a 10-inch cast-iron skillet; set aside.

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Wine

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Frying Pan

Place the lemon halves and garlic cloves into the cavity of the chicken. Slide half of the butter underneath the skin of each breast. Rub the chicken all over with Dijon mustard, then season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Dijon Mustard

Whole Garlic Cloves

Whole Chicken

Butter

Lemon

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place into the cast-iron skillet.

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Frying Pan

Bake the chicken in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C).

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Whole Chicken

Bone