Roast Lemon Chicken with Shallots and Potatoes

Name: Roast Lemon Chicken with Shallots and Potatoes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 kilograms chicken; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 2 lemons (12 oz. total), rinsed; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 teaspoons pepper; 118 milliliters lightly packed fresh sage leaves; 2 teaspoons salt; 454 grams shallots (each about 1 1/2 in. wide), peeled; 2 kilograms Yukon Gold potatoes (about 1 in. wide; halve or quarter if larger), scrubbed

Roast Lemon Chicken with Shallots and Potatoes might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 71g of protein, 55g of fat, and a total of 952 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of chicken, lightly sage leaves, lemons, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert 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

Remove and discard giblets and lumps of fat from chicken. Rinse bird inside and out; pat dry. If desired, fold wing tips under first joint and tie drumstick ends together. Set breast side up on a V-shaped rack in an 11- by 17-inch roasting pan. Squeeze juice from half of 1 lemon, reserving remaining half. Thinly slice other lemon.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Whole Chicken

Juice

Lemon

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Roasting Pan

Starting at the neck, gently ease your fingers under chicken skin to loosen it over breast. Push 4 to 6 lemon slices and 6 to 8 sage leaves under skin.

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Sage

Whole Chicken

Lemon

Place remaining lemon slices, reserved lemon half, and remaining sage leaves in body cavity.

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Sage

Lemon

In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, olive oil, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper. Rub about half this mixture evenly over chicken.

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Lemon Juice

Olive Oil

Whole Chicken

Paprika

Pepper

Cumin

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Bowl

In a bowl, mix potatoes and shallots with remaining paprika mixture until well combined. Distribute vegetables around chicken in pan.

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Vegetable

Potato

Shallot

Whole Chicken

Paprika

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Roast in a 425 oven, stirring vegetables after about 45 minutes (add 1/4 cup water if pan begins to scorch), until potatoes are tender when pierced and a thermometer reaches 170 when inserted through the thickest part of breast to the bone and 180 when inserted through thickest part of thigh at joint, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. (If chicken is done before potatoes, return pan with vegetables to oven and continue to cook while chicken rests in step )

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Vegetable

Potato

Whole Chicken

Water