Easy Roasted Chicken

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
2. 2
   Clean your chicken of the giblets and pinfeather. Pat dry with paper towels.
3. 3
   Slice one of the onions and largely the potatoes and place at the bottom of the roasting pan. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables.
4. 4
   Quarter the lemon and the other onion and place inside the chicken. Slice the garlic bulb, skin on, crosswise and put in the cavity of the chicken.
5. 5
   In a small bowl, mix the olive oil and the thyme leaves. Rub all over the chicken. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
6. 6
   Roast for 1 1/2 hours, until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken from the oven and cook the vegetables for another 10-15 minutes. Allow the chicken to rest for 20 minutes before carving.