Roasted Chicken

9 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 whole roasting chicken
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion
  • 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 1 lemon
  • salt and pepper
  • poultry seasoning

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 325.
  2. 2
    Brush the bottom of an 8X11 glass baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the oil.
  3. 3
    Rinse chicken thoroughly, inside and out, then pat dry with a paper towel.
  4. 4
    Rub the chicken with remaining oil, salt and pepper, and place in baking dish, breast side up.
  5. 5
    Run your fingers underneath the skin, and place 1/2 tablespoon of butter on each breast, and under the skin.
  6. 6
    Chop onion into chunks, and slice lemon in half and then each half into fours.
  7. 7
    Stuff half of the onions and lemons, all of the garlic, the remaining butter, and one sprig of rosemary into the cavity. Close the opening with the toothpics.
  8. 8
    Tuck the wings back and under the chicken. Arrange the remaining onions, lemon, and rosemary in the pan surrounding the chicken.
  9. 9
    Sprinkle the chicken with the chicken seasoning.
  10. 10
    Bake for 30 minutes, per pound. Baste every 30 minutes.

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