Roasted Lemon Herb Chicken

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

For this roasted lemon herb chicken recipe, rub a whole chicken with Italian seasoning, garlic, and mustard, drizzle with lemon and olive oil, then bake.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (3 pound) whole chicken
2 lemons
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Combine Italian seasoning, garlic powder, seasoning salt, mustard powder, and black pepper in a bowl; set aside.
3 Remove giblets from chicken cavity; rinse chicken thoroughly. Place chicken in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle 1 ½ teaspoons spice mixture in chicken cavity; rub remaining spice mixture on outside of chicken.
4 Combine lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl; drizzle over chicken.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until the juices run clear, about 1 ½ hours, basting several times with remaining lemon-oil mixture. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near but not touching the bone, should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).