Perfect Roast Chicken

Name: Perfect Roast Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 1 lemon, halved; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 kilograms roasting chicken (about at room temperature; 4 servings Salt and pepper, to taste; 118 milliliters water; 2 bunches watercress (optional), for garnish

Perfect Roast Chicken is a gluten free, primal, and fodmap friendly recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 827 calories, 57g of protein, and 64g of fat. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a reasonably priced main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have roasting chicken, water, watercress, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Rinse chicken inside and out, then pat dry.

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Whole Chicken

Remove excess fat from the cavities and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Place half of thelemon inside. Tie legs together with kitchen string and place in a roasting pan.

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In a saucepan, melt the butter with the olive oil over low heat. Squeeze the remaining lemon half into the mixture.

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Olive Oil

Butter

Lemon

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Sauce Pan

Brush over thechicken. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Bake in the center of the oven, basting often with the drippings, until juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a sharp knife, about 1 hours. The temperature should be 175°F when a meat thermometer is placed in the thickest part of the thigh.

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Meat

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Remove chicken from the oven and transfer to a carving board; let rest for 10 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Remove the lemon from the cavity and squeeze it into the pan juices. Stir in the water. Bring the pan juices to a low boil, scraping up the brown bits, and cook until the sauce is reduced, about 2 minutes. Defat the sauce.

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Lemon

Sauce