Roast Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Rosemary
Description
Lemon and garlic plus rosemary combine to create a fragrant, flavorful, and simple chicken dish with crispy skin.
Ingredients
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1 whole chicken
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1 tablespoon salt
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1 teaspoon ground black pepper
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2 sprigs rosemary
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3 cloves garlic, peeled
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1 lemon, halved
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2
Pat chicken dry and sprinkle salt on all sides and inside the cavity. Sprinkle with black pepper. Pluck the leaves from 1 spring of rosemary and sprinkle on the chicken. Place the other whole sprig inside the cavity along with garlic and lemon.
3
Place the chicken on a roasting rack set inside a roasting pan.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).