Roast Chicken

Serves 0

Tina Erlich

ingredients

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1.Preheat oven to 375. Crush garlic. Remove a few long strip of lemon zest, using peeler. Place in bowl and stir with garlic and herbs and salt and pepper. Thickly slice lemon. Slice onions into rings and scatter on the bottom of a roasting pan with lid. Rinse chicken and remove giblets. Dry with paper towl. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and rub with oil.
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2.Create a pocket between skin and breast, stuff with herb and garlic mixture. Using your palm press herbs down until evenly distributed under the skin. Rub remaining mixture on the chicken. Stuff chicken with lemon and rosemary sprigs. Tuck wings under and tie legs in place.
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3.Tent with foil or cover with lid. Roast in the center of the oven for 45 minutes. Remove cover and continue roasting until thickest part of the tights reads 170F (use thermometer). Let chicken stand loosely covered for 10 minutes. Serve with onions on top.

Source: Tina Erlich