Roast Chicken with Rosemary-Garlic Paste

Name: Roast Chicken with Rosemary-Garlic Paste
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black peppercorns; 1 teaspoons fine sea salt or coarse kosher salt; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 5 juniper berries; 4 teaspoons olive oil; 59 milliliters (loosely packed) fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped, plus 3 whole fresh rosemary sprigs; 2 kilograms whole chicken (preferably organic), backbone and neck removed (reserved for Light Homemade Chicken Stock, if making)

Roast Chicken with Rosemary-Garlic Paste is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe with 6 servings. This main course has 420 calories, 34g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of peppercorns, juniper berries, rosemary leaves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the juniper berries you could follow this main course with the Gin and Tonic Tarts as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine chopped rosemary and next 4 ingredients in mortar and crush with pestle or blend in mini processor until coarse paste forms.

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Rosemary

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Mortar And Pestle

Mix in oil. Rinse chicken; pat dry. Rub 1 teaspoon herb mixture over bone side of chicken. Turn chicken over and open like book; place chicken, skin side up, on work surface. Loosen skin from breast and thigh meat; rub remaining herb mixture over meat under skin. Rub any remaining herb mixture on outside of chicken.

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Meat

Bone

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place rosemary sprigs in 13x9x2-inch ceramic or glass baking dish.

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Rosemary

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Glass Baking Pan

Place chicken, skin side up, atop rosemary sprigs in dish. DO AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover with plastic wrap and chill.

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Rosemary

Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before roasting.

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F. Roast chicken uncovered until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 170°F, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Roasted Chicken

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Transfer chicken to platter and serve.

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Whole Chicken

*Available in the spice section of most supermarkets.

Chardonnay is a good match for this menu. In keeping with the spirit of this earth-friendly dinner, go with a domestic bottle. We like the 2006 Frog's Leap Chardonnay ($2

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Chardonnay