Roasted Chicken

Name: Roasted Chicken
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 5 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 large roasting chicken, can use a whole regular chicken too; 1 lemon; 1 dash rosemary, can use dried; sea salt (use this to taste ); black pepper (use this to taste )

7 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
5 garlic cloves, crushed
1 large roasting chicken, can use a whole regular chicken too
1 lemon
1 dash rosemary, can use dried
sea salt (use this to taste )
black pepper (use this to taste )

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 450 .
2

Rub the olive oil and 3 cloves of garlic over chicken.
3

Cut the lemon in half and place in the cavity of the chicken along with the remaining cloves of garlic and rosemary.
4

Sprinkle salt and pepper over the chicken.
5

Place chicken in black iron skillet.
6

Roast for 30 minutes, then turn oven down to 350 and roast for an additional hour .
7

Brine recipe : Place 1 c salt and 5 quarts of water in a large container and stir to dissolve the salt.
8

Submerge chicken in brine making sure it is completely covered with brine, cover and refrigerate for 3 to 8 hours.
9

Remove chicken from brine, rinse well and pat dry.