Sunday Supper: Simon Hopkinson's Roast Chicken

Name: Sunday Supper: Simon Hopkinson's Roast Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters good butter, room temperature; 1 four-pound free-range chicken; 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed; 1 lemon; 1 serving Salt and pepper

Sunday Supper: Simon Hopkinson's Roast Chicken requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 97g of fat, and Head to the store and pick up butter, lemon, garlic clove, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°F. Use your hands to smear the softened butter all over the chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

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Oven

Place chicken in a roasting pan with enough room to spare. Season liberally with salt and pepper, then squeeze the juice of the lemon over the bird.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Juice

Lemon

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Roasting Pan

Place the herbs and garlic inside the chicken's cavity along with the squeezed lemon halves.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Herbs

Lemon

Roast in oven 10 to 15 minutes. Baste, then reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Roast 30 to 45 minutes more, with occasional basting. Chicken should be golden brown all over with a crisp skin and have buttery, lemony juices of a nut-brown color in the bottom of pan.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Frying Pan

Turn off oven, leaving door ajar, and allow chicken to rest at least 15 minutes before carving. This allows the flesh to relax and retain the juices, resulting in easier carving and moist meat.

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Meat

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Oven

The resulting juices do well enough on their own, after a light whisk or stir, to serve as a "gravy"—no need to do anything more complicated.

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Gravy