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Country Roast Chicken

Traditional dish with ea. broiler/fryer chicken, giblets removed, country roast chicken seasoning, rosemary.

Country Roast Chicken
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Ingredients

  • 1 fryer chicken, giblets removed
  • ¼ cup country roast chicken seasoning
  • 3 sprigs rosemary
  • 8 sprigs thyme
  • 1 large lemon
  • 1 large lemon, cut in wedges
  • 2 tbsp butter

Steps

  1. Loosen the skin from the chicken.
  2. Rub the flesh with chicken seasoning.
  3. Place the lemon slices in the bottom of a roasting pan.
  4. Place the chicken on top.
  5. Stuff the chicken cavity with thyme, rosemary, and lemon wedges.
  6. Place 1 tbsp butter under the skin of each breast.
  7. Insert an oven-safe probe thermometer into the breast but not touching the butter.
  8. Bake in a 325°F oven until breast internal temperature reaches 165°F and thigh meat reaches 170°F.
  9. Cover with foil.
  10. Let rest 10 minutes.
  11. Serve.

Adapted from “Country Roast Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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