Perfect Roast Chicken

Perfect Roast Chicken
Perfect Roast Chicken requires approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. For $1.92 per serving, you get A mixture of lemon, butter, carrots, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

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Watch how to make this recipe.
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
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Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse the chicken inside and out.
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Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers and pat the outside dry. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken. Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, both halves of lemon, and all the garlic.
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Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken.
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Place the onions, carrots, and fennel in a roasting pan. Toss with salt, pepper, 20 sprigs of thyme, and olive oil.
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Spread around the bottom of the roasting pan and place the chicken on top.
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Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh.
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Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes. Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In2 hrs, 10 m.
Servings8
Health Score28
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