Roast Chicken with Lemon
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 tbs olive oil
- salt
- Pepper
- lemons
- fresh herbs
- Aromatic vegetables
Instructions
- Fire your oven until hot, and then let the heat fall to a low to moderate temperature, roughly 450-500ºF. Roast your chicken until done, according to the times listed above.
- Rub inside and outside with olive oil.
- Salt and pepper inside the cavity.
- Place a whole pierced lemon, thyme and rosemary branches into the chicken’s cavity. One trick is to roll your lemons on the counter before piercing with knife to get better release of fluids.
Notes
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Place a layer of aromatics in the bottom of the pans (onions, carrots and celery), to start a nice sauce or gravy.
Use a steel pan when roasting, and add diced onions under the chicken. When the chicken is cooked, put the pan and the browned onions on a cool top and de-glaze the pan with Madeira wine, then add 2-3 Tbs butter to make a nice sauce.