Sunday Supper: Lemon Roast Chicken with Herb Potatoes

Sunday Supper: Lemon Roast Chicken with Herb Potatoes
Sunday Supper: Lemon Roast Chicken with Herb Potatoes might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 61g of protein, 60g of fat, and a total of 959 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 diet. A mixture of chicken, garlic, kosher salt and pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 425°. Rinse chicken well and pat dry, remove bag of giblets and discard or save for another use. Trim excess fat from opening of chicken cavity if necessary.
Ingredients you will need
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
Equipment you will use
OvenOven
2
Arrange halved onions in center of 9X13 inch pyrex dish to act as a base for chicken to sit on.
Ingredients you will need
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
OnionOnion
BaseBase
3
Place chicken on top of onions. Squeeze halved lemon onto chicken body and legs, then place lemons in chicken cavity, repeat with all halved lemons.
Ingredients you will need
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
LemonLemon
OnionOnion
4
Place crushed garlic in cavity as well then tie chicken legs together with kitchen twine. Season chicken liberally with salt and cracked black pepper.
Ingredients you will need
Cracked Black PeppercornsCracked Black Peppercorns
Chicken LegChicken Leg
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
GarlicGarlic
SaltSalt
Equipment you will use
Kitchen TwineKitchen Twine
5
Wash fingerling potatoes and slice largest fingerlings in half lengthwise. Toss potatoes with olive oil, half the chopped herbs and season with salt and pepper.
Ingredients you will need
Fingerling PotatoFingerling Potato
Salt And PepperSalt And Pepper
Olive OilOlive Oil
PotatoPotato
HerbsHerbs
6
Place in roasting baking dish around chicken.
Ingredients you will need
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
Equipment you will use
Baking PanBaking Pan
7
Roast until temperature taken in the thickest part of breast registers 150°F and thighs registers at least 165°F, about an hour.
8
Remove from oven and allow chicken to rest for 15 minutes.
Ingredients you will need
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
Equipment you will use
OvenOven
9
Remove potatoes and toss with remaining chopped herbs. Carve chicken and serve immediately.
Ingredients you will need
PotatoPotato
Whole ChickenWhole Chicken
HerbsHerbs
DifficultyExpert
Ready In2 hrs
Servings4
Health Score33
Magazine