Lemon Butter and Herb Roasted Chicken
"Just a recipe I came up with one night, and it came out amazing, it fell apart when i started carving it. My husband loved it and its even good as left overs warmed up or shredded for chicken salad."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
1 whole chicken
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 2 -3 lbs whole chickens
- 1⁄2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1 whole lemon (juice from)
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder (or 1 clove crushed)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
directions
- remove any intestines inside chicken and rinse with cold water.
- let dry on coolig rack while making sauce.
- melt butter in small sauce pan on low heat.
- add butter, juice from lemon, garlic, salt, pepper, basil, and onion.
- simmer about 15 minites, lightly whisking.
- tuck legs and wings under chicken and place in 9x9x2 in pan, with spine facing up, make sure legs and wings are tucked inches.
- pour lemonbutter over chicken, spooning over entire body.
- cover with aluminum foil.
- cook at 450 for half an hour.
- lower heat to 350, remove chicken, baste with juices from pan.
- recover and put back in oven.
- cook chicken about 1 1/2 hours, basting every 30 minute.
- check doneness by poking hip joint, if runs clear its done, if red, then cook another 30 minute.
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I'm 19 right now, I grew up in cincinnati with strong southern influences. I am in school getting my associates in communications and I have a daughter born june 6th 2009.
