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People seem to be afraid of roast chicken. It's a shame, really because they're easy, cost effective and easy to find! Not to mention a good roasted chicken knocks the socks off any frozen dinner around. Normally, I'll go to the supermarket and get a roaster, but if you have a local source for good, free-range chicken then that's even better!
I love Granova Poultry! I'd buy the heck out of their chickens if I were still in Maryland. :)
The trick for me is to soak the bird in salted water with other flavorings. It makes the meat flavorful and juicy and chicken takes to just about any flavor, so you can make it your own.
Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken
Note: with the soaking, this takes a day or so. Once you start actively cooking the chicken, it will take about an hour in the oven.
Ingredients:
- One Roasting Chicken
- One Lemon
- One to Two cloves of Garlic, finely chopped, depending on size and personal preference
- 2-3 Bay leaves
- Water to cover
- 1/4 cup Salt (for this, I like table salt, but whatever floats your boat)
- 2-4 Tbs Butter for basting
- 2-3 medium onions, quartered
Tools:
- Roasting Pan
- Gallon zip-top bag
- Butcher's twine for trussing (if desired.)
- Meat Thermometer (I like this one, but I wouldn't leave it in the bird.
Method
- Remove chicken from packaging, remove neck and giblets (if they're there), rinse and pat dry
- Put chicken, garlic, lemon, bay and salt in bag and fill with water
- Refrigerate for at least 8 hours but no more than a couple of days
- Remove bird from bag and dry thoroughly.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Stuff bird with lemon and bay from soak, if desired
- Truss if desired (I don't for chickens)
- line the bottom of the roasting pan with the onions and place bird on top
- Place in oven and cook for 30 minutes
- After 30 minutes, reduce heat to 350.
- Cook for another 10 minutes and then baste with some of the butter
- After 15 minutes, baste one more time
- Continue to cook until the breast meat has an internal temp of 175. The juices will run clear and the leg joints will be pliable.
Enjoy!
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