Lemon And Herb Roasted Chicken

5 from 1 vote

This Lemon and Herb Roasted Chicken is juicy on the inside, flavorful, and perfectly crispy on the outside. The secret? Fresh herbs, butter, lemon, and garlic.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 20

Total Time1 30

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Servings: servings

Calories: 111kcal

Author: Radwa

Equipment

Baking pan
Measuring spoons
Measuring cups

Ingredients

2 kg whole chicken
½ cup butter , melted
2 spring fresh thyme
2 spring fresh rosemary
¼ cup parsley ,chopped
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup water

Add Around and under the chicken

1 lemon , sliced
1 onion , sliced

To stuff the chicken

1 spring fresh rosemary
1 onion , sliced
1 lemon , sliced
1 clove garlic , crushed

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F.
The first thing to do is to clean the chicken and pat with a kitchen towel; also, make sure there is not any water in the chicken cavity.
2 kg whole chicken
Slide your finger underneath the chicken skin to loosen it be careful not to tear it. Loosening the chicken skin will allow you to put the butter underneath the skin to maximize the flavour.
Combine the butter, rosemary, thyme and chopped parsley, salt and pepper well then spread the mixture thoroughly under the chicken skin. Keep some for covering the skin as well.
½ cup butter, 2 spring fresh thyme, 2 spring fresh rosemary, ¼ cup parsley, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Stuff the chicken cavity with the lemon slices, onion, garlic and rosemary then tie the chicken legs with a string.
1 lemon, 1 onion, 1 spring fresh rosemary, 1 clove garlic
Put the chicken in an oven dish and add around it the other half of lemon slices and onion slices then pour the water or broth inside the oven dish.
1 cup water, 1 onion, 1 lemon
After that, drizzle the dressing on top of the chicken and all around it.
Roast the chicken for about an hour to an hour and a half; it took one hour and twenty minutes on my oven until fully roasted.
Broil the chicken for 5-10 minutes until it becomes golden brown and has a crispy skin.

Notes

The cooking time may vary from one oven to another and also to the weight of the chicken; mine was 2kg, and it took exactly one hour and twenty minutes in my oven until fully roasted.

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