Roasted Chicken with Lemon Butter

Name: Roasted Chicken with Lemon Butter
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter, at room temperature; 2 kilograms chicken (organic and free range, if possible); 177 milliliters dry white wine; 1 fennel, bulb sliced and fronds cut into 2-inch lengths; 3 sprigs fresh thyme; 4 cloves garlic; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper; 2 lemons, zested and sliced into 1/4-inch rounds; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 1 onion, sliced; 2 sprigs fresh oregano

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

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Oven

Place a large skillet or roasting pan in the oven to preheat while you prepare the chicken.

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Whole Chicken

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Roasting Pan

Oven

Begin by preparing a lemon butter.

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Butter

Lemon

Place 4 tablespoons of the butter in a mixing bowl and add about 1 teaspoon of zest from the lemons. Season with salt and pepper and mix well.

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Salt And Pepper

Butter

Lemon

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Mixing Bowl

Flatten the chicken by cutting out the backbone and flattening the breast by firmly pressing with the heel of your hand.

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Whole Chicken

Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper. Using your fingers, loosely separate the skin from the breast and thighs. Smear the lemon butter evenly in the cavity between the skin and meat, ensuring it is worked evenly over the bird. With the skin side facing up, drizzle olive oil over the chicken.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Meat

Butter

Lemon

Remove the preheated pan from the oven and place the chicken in the pan, skin-side down.

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Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Place the lemon slices over the bird along with fennel, onions, garlic, thyme and oregano. As it cooks, this will flavor the bird.

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Oregano

Fennel

Garlic

Onion

Lemon

Thyme

Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes.

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Remove from the oven, flip the chicken to skin-side up and add half the wine to the pan. Return to the oven and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the joint between the leg and thigh registers 165 degrees F, approximately 30 minutes longer. When the chicken is done, remove from the pan to a serving platter and allow to rest for 15 minutes before carving and plating.

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Whole Chicken

Wine