Oven-Roasted Lemon-Chipotle Chickens

Name: Oven-Roasted Lemon-Chipotle Chickens
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps adobo sauce from can; 3 chicken bouillon cubes; 6 kilograms whole chickens; 3 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce; 8 larges garlic cloves, peeled; 177 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 59 milliliters olive oil; 2 teaspoons salt, divided; 12 servings Kitchen string; 1 small sweet onion, quartered; 3 Tbsps white vinegar

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Oven-Roasted Lemon-Chipotle Chickens a try. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 97g of protein, 82g of fat, and a total of 1181 calories. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up adobo sauce from can, vinegar, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Process sweet onion, next 7 ingredients, and 3/4 tsp. salt in a food processor or blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Set mixture aside.

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Sweet Onion

Salt

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Remove excess skin from necks and cavities of chickens, if desired. Starting at large cavities, loosen skin from breasts and legs by inserting fingers and gently pushing between skin and meat. (Do not completely detach skin.)

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Meat

Place chickens in a large roasting pan. Using a bulb baster, squeeze lemon-chipotle mixture evenly into chicken cavities and under skin on breasts and legs.

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Whole Chicken

Chipotle Chiles

Lemon

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Roasting Pan

Baster

Sprinkle chickens evenly with remaining 1 1/4 tsp. salt. Tuck wings under, if desired. Position the center of a 3-foot piece of kitchen string under back of one chicken near tail. Wrap string around legs and around body of chicken. Tie securely at neck. Repeat with remaining chickens.

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Whole Chicken

Chicken Wings

Salt

Wrap

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Place chickens, breast sides up, on a rack in a large roasting pan.

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Chicken

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Bake at 350 for 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thighs registers 175, basting occasionally after 1 hour. Shield with aluminum foil to prevent excess browning, if necessary.

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