Roasted Chicken With Lemon Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 3 chicken halves (3 to 4 pounds total)
- salt and pepper
- 1 1⁄4 cups dry white wine
- 3⁄4 cup canned reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large roasting pan with a rack, cook chicken, skin side up, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165 degrees. about 45 minutes. Remove chicken and rack.
- Make sauce: Pour pan juices into a measuring cup; skim off fat. In pan, cook wine over medium-high, scraping up bits, until reduced by a fourth, 4 to 6 minutes. Add broth, lemon juice, and pan juices. Cook until reduced by a fourth, 5 minutes. Stir in oregano. Add water, if needed, to make 1 1/2 cups. Serve two chicken halves with 1/2 cup of the sauce.
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