TurboRoaster Pesto Chicken
"This chicken recipe works best with the TurboRoaster, which cuts down cooking time while ensuring that the chicken remains tender and moist. TurboRoaster can be purchased at www.turboroaster.com"
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 Chicken
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 1 (5 lb) whole chickens, neck and giblets removed
- 1⁄4 cup pesto sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 lemon
- salt and pepper (to taste)
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Wash chicken and pat dry with paper towels.
- With your fingers, separate the skin from the meat around the breast and legs. Push small amounts of pesto under the skin, using about 1/4 cup. Rub a little pesto over the skin and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- Fill the cavity with cut-up lemon and orange, along with fresh basil leaves or about 1 tsp of dried basil.
- Fill TurboRoaster jar 1/4 full with hot water. Screw lid on tightly and insert spout into chicken's cavity.
- Place Chicken in a roasting pan, and place in pre-heated oven.
- Allow chicken to cook for 45 minutes.
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