Roast Chicken with Lemon and Tarragon

Name: Roast Chicken with Lemon and Tarragon
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons dried tarragon, crushed; 1 lemon, cut in half; 0 teaspoons pepper; 2 kilograms roasting chicken; 1 teaspoons salt

Roast Chicken with Lemon and Tarragon is If you have roasting chicken, salt, pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water, and pat dry. Trim excess fat.

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Whole Chicken

Water

Rub chicken with tarragon, salt, and pepper.

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Tarragon

Whole Chicken

Pepper

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place lemon in body cavity. Secure lemon in cavity with skewers or wooden picks.

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Lemon

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Skewers

Place chicken, breast side up, on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Insert meat thermometer into meaty part of thigh, making sure not to touch bone.

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Cooking Spray