Monday, November 30, 2015

Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken

Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken
Ingredients:
Whole chicken 
1 Tsp. Salt 
1 Tsp. Ground pepper
1 Tsp. Allspice 
1 Tsp. All purpose seasoning
1 Tsp. Dried thyme
4 Tbsp. Unsalted butter
3 Cloves garlic, chopped
3 Stalks escallion, chopped
1 Onion
1 Spring thyme
3 Potatoes
1 Lemon, halved
1 Tsp. olive oil


Instructions:

  1. Wash chicken, dry thoroughly with paper towel and set aside.
  2. Peel and cut potatoes in 6 pieces. Rough chop garlic, escallion and onion and set aside. 
  3. Melt butter and add chopped garlic, salt, ground pepper, allspice, all purpose seasoning and dried thyme and mix well. 
  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  5. Brush or Pour butter mixture all over the chicken, including cavity. Cut lemon in half and place one half of the lemon inside the cavity of the chicken. Take the other half and squeeze lemon juice all over the chicken.
  6. Take chopped escallion, onion and thyme and place in the cavity of the chicken. 
  7. In a heavy-duty roasting pan, place chicken in the center and add potatoes around the sides of the pan. Sprinkle olive on the potatoes. 
  8. Place in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Ensure to baste chicken 15-20 minutes with the juices at the bottom of the roasting pan.
  9. Allow chicken to rest for 15 minutes before cutting. Serve hot