Sunday Roasted Chicken
Prep time : 30 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour to 1 hour and a half
Ingredients:
1, 5 pound, whole chicken
2 lemons, 1 halved and 1 quartered
1 - 3 sprigs fresh Rosemary
4 cloves fresh Garlic, plus 3 more chopped
4 Tbsp Salted Butter
Salt
Pepper
1 to 2 cups Chicken Stock or Broth
Preheat oven to 425 F and heat chicken stock or broth on low heat in small pot. Do not turn off heat.
Prepare chicken by cleaning and removing any innards. Place the 2 pieces of halved lemon, 4 whole garlic cloves and sprigs of rosemary inside the chicken cavity and tie legs together. This is important to insure the chicken stays moist and juicy and better allows the lemon, garlic and rosemary to flavor the chicken. Season all sides of chicken with salt and pepper.
Heat a cast iron Dutch Oven or a large,
Important!! Do Not Throw Away Chicken Carcass or Lemon, Garlic and Rosemary used for Roasting! You will need this to make Homemade Chicken Stock (See my recipe for Heather's Homemade Fragrant Chicken Stock)
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